单词 | resolvend |
释义 | resolvendn. Mathematics. Now historical. In a certain procedure for extracting the square or cube root of a number: a number arrived at in the course of calculation which is then operated on in a prescribed way. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > result of > remainder > after subtraction differencec1392 resolvend1667 arithmetical ratio1718 semi-difference1766 1667 J. Collins Let. 12 Feb. in J. Wallis Corr. (2003) II. 306 When the Resolvend hath been an Arithmeticall Progression. 1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 929 If you give a Root, and find the Absolute number or Resolvend (which Vieta calls Homogeneum Comparationis) and again give more Roots and find more Resolvends. 1707 J. Ward Young Mathematician's Guide i. xi. 125 Suppose any given number; As 75640387246 which I all a long hereafter call the Resolvend. 1798 C. Hutton Course Math. I. 86 From the resolvend take the subtrahend, and to the remainder join the next period of the given number for a new resolvend. 1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 165 Bring down the next point, 57, which call the resolvend. 1872 A. Trotter Less. Arithm. Junior Classes (rev. ed.) 65 Subtract the product (925) from the resolvend. 1922 M. A. Nordgaard Hist. Surv. Algebraic Methods Approximating Roots Year 1819 vi. 28 The resolvend has three periods, yet the root has only 2 digits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † resolvendadj. Mathematics. Obsolete. That is to be resolved (cf. resolve v. 17c). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [adjective] > multiple > of self or forming powers > to be resolved resolvend1647 1647 R. Wood tr. W. Oughtred Key Math. 126 For the resolution of Æquations adfected, all the Punctations of the degrees must bee made in the Potestas Resolvend [L. in potestate resolvendâ], as they are in the Pure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1667adj.1647 |
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