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Definition of Minuend
1. Noun. The number from which the subtrahend is subtracted.
Definition of Minuend
1. n. The number from which another number is to be subtracted.
Definition of Minuend
1. Noun. (arithmetic) A number or quantity from which another is to be subtracted. ¹
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Definition of Minuend
1. a number from which another is to be subtracted [n -S]
Medical Definition of Minuend
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Minuend
Literary usage of Minuend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Everyday Arithmetic: Book One-three by Franklin Sherman Hoyt, Harriet E. Peet (1915)
"1 ten is taken from the 10 tens, and called 10 units, and the minuend is then
thought of ... (2) Explain the changes in the minuend in each of the following ..."
2. Elementary Arithmetic by Charles William Morey (1911)
"62 As the number in the units' place in the minuend is less gg than the number
in the units' place in the subtrahend, we ñT change one of the tens in the ..."
3. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and edited by Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"When we proceed as directed above, we add ten to the -.minuend, ... their fum be
equal to the minuend, the account is right. ..."
4. The Southworth-Stone Arithmetic: A Rational Method by Gordon Augustus Southworth, John Charles Stone (1904)
"The number from which a part is taken in subtraction is the minuend. The part
taken away is the ... Of course the two parts put together make the minuend. ..."
5. Introduction to The National Arithmetic, on the Inductive System: Combining by Benjamin Greenleaf (1860)
"Then, to compensate for the 10 thus added to the 2 in the minuend, ... minuend 624
and find the difference to be 2 units, which we Subtrahend 342 write ..."
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