minuendn.
/ˈmɪnjʊɛnd/, U.S. /ˈmɪnjəˌwɛnd/ Mathematics.
A quantity or number from which another (the subtrahend) is to be subtracted.
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1706 W. Jones Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos 12 The greatest of the given Numbers is called the Minuend.
a1831 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 428/1 The next digit in the subtrahend is greater than the one corresponding to it in the minuend.
1892 B. Smith & W. H. H. Hudson Arithm. for Schools (new ed.) 11 The smaller number is called the subtrahend. The greater is called the minuend.
1922 Smithsonian Math. Formulae x. 223 The remainders are placed in the next column to the right on the same line as the minuends.
1973 Sci. Amer. Apr. 106/3 If the subtrahend has fewer digits than the minuend, before complementing you must add zeros to the left of the subtrahend until it is the same length as the minuend.
1980 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 7/1 For the first line of subtraction to reduce a four-digit minuend to a one-digit remainder, the subtrahend must be at least 991.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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