Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of a set of numbers to be added.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a number that is added to another number.

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  • noun mathematics, archaic Any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together.
  • noun organic chemistry A moiety added to another molecule
  • verb To furnish with an addendum.
  • verb organic chemistry To furnish with an addend.

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  • noun a number that is added to another number (the augend)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for addendum.]

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Short for addendum.

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Examples

  • I here briefly describe another change of note: dropping the "other direct expenditures" addend to the measure of financial aid....

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  • The terms "Crude and Sophomoric" resonated loudly within me and gave me pause to addend with the following collective nouns used to refer to groups of well known birds:

    A Murder of Fish Crows? John L. Trapp 2006

  • I here briefly describe another change of note: dropping the "other direct expenditures" addend to the measure of financial aid....

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  • Bot dat has nodings hier to zay -- zo, blease, (_professorial air for this_) you vill addend!

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887 Various 1876

  • "World's Worst Self-Editor" for not catching that; I've updated the post accordingly and will addend the post to say so.

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  • "World's Worst Self-Editor" for not catching that; I've updated the post accordingly and will addend the post to say so.

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  • Before the relocation, there is some addend encoded in the instruction that has to be loaded, sign-extended and shifted two bits to the left and, after all that, added to the calculated address.

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  • The parents glanced around the room, wondering who would be brave enough to ask, "What the heck is an addend?"

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  • I am so proud to say that I was actually able to addend this event.

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  • see also augend

    December 24, 2008