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Definition of Subtrahend
1. Noun. The number to be subtracted from the minuend.
Definition of Subtrahend
1. n. The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.
Definition of Subtrahend
1. Noun. (arithmetic) A number or quantity to be subtracted from another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subtrahend
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtrahend
Literary usage of Subtrahend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Key to the Tutor's Guide: Or, The Arithmetician's Repository by Charles Vyse (1806)
"~l Here J. 16820, subtrahend. Je="¡. ... subtrahend . J ~i Here r J. «=7 75 Dividend.
Т Here /-=4.070, . and f=5. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous by Alexander Jamieson (1829)
"... and they will give the subtrahend ; which subtract from the ... 432 = 4 x 3
x by square of в 288 = divisor X by в Divisor, 33336 subtrahend. ..."
3. The Complete Algebra by Edward Olney (1881)
"consisting of two parts, one of which destroys the subtrahend, ... Hence, to
perform subtraction, we change the signs of the subtrahend to get thai part of ..."
4. Elementary Arithmetic by Charles William Morey (1910)
"28 subtrahend The number taken away is the 7 remainder subtrahend. The number
left after taking the subtrahend from the minuend is the remainder or ..."
5. The Southworth-Stone Arithmetic: A Rational Method by Gordon Augustus Southworth, John Charles Stone (1904)
"The part taken away is the subtrahend, and the part left is the remainder.
Of course the two parts put together make the minuend. ..."
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