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词汇 subtrahend
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Definition of subtrahend in English:

subtrahend

noun ˈsʌbtrəˌhɛndˈsəbtrəˌhɛnd
Mathematics
  • A quantity or number to be subtracted from another.

    〔数〕减数

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The game has three parameters. Nums is the number of minuends to subtract from. Subs is the number of possible subtrahends to be subtracted from minuends.
    • I need help understanding the rules of subtracting binary numbers when the subtrahend is larger then the minuend.
    • That founded because of what I have said earlier, that the Commissioner found that the subtrahend in the equation, namely the value of improvements, was not in fact the value.
    • The final subcategory both of productive expenditure and of costs, namely, expensed expenditures, constitutes a case in which minuend and subtrahend are equal and thus the subtraction of the one from the other nets to zero.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin subtrahendus 'to be taken away', gerundive of subtrahere (see subtract).

Definition of subtrahend in US English:

subtrahend

nounˈsəbtrəˌhɛndˈsəbtrəˌhend
Mathematics
  • A quantity or number to be subtracted from another.

    〔数〕减数

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The final subcategory both of productive expenditure and of costs, namely, expensed expenditures, constitutes a case in which minuend and subtrahend are equal and thus the subtraction of the one from the other nets to zero.
    • I need help understanding the rules of subtracting binary numbers when the subtrahend is larger then the minuend.
    • That founded because of what I have said earlier, that the Commissioner found that the subtrahend in the equation, namely the value of improvements, was not in fact the value.
    • The game has three parameters. Nums is the number of minuends to subtract from. Subs is the number of possible subtrahends to be subtracted from minuends.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin subtrahendus ‘to be taken away’, gerundive of subtrahere (see subtract).

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