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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The quantity from which another quantity, the subtrahend, is to be subtracted. In the equation 50 - 16 = 34, the minuend is 50.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In arithmetic, the number from which another number is to be deducted in the process of subtraction.

Wiktionary

  1. n. arithmetic A number or quantity from which another is to be subtracted.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Arith.) In the process of subtraction{2}, the number from which another number (the subtrahend) is to be subtracted, to find the difference.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted

Etymologies

  1. Latin minuendum, thing to be diminished, from neuter gerundive of minuere, to lessen; see mei-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “The _subtrahend_ is placed _under_ the minuend to be _drawn_ from it.”

    Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois

  • “It may seem a matter of trivial importance whether the pupil increases the subtrahend number or decreases the minuend number when he subtracts digits that involve taking or borrowing; and yet investigation proves that to increase the subtrahend number is by far the simpler process, and eliminates both a source of waste and a source of error, which, in the aggregate, may assume a significance to mental economy that is well worth considering.”

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  1. number

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  1. subtrahend
  1. borrow
  1. minuend
  1. remainder
  1. difference
  1. deduction

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