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minuend

[min-yoo-end]

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noun Arithmetic.

a number from which another is subtracted.

Origin:
1700–10; < Latin minuendus (numerus) (number) to be diminished or made smaller, (gerundive of minuere), equivalent to minu- (see minus) + -endus gerundive suffix

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minuend (ˈmɪnjʊˌɛnd)

—n
	Compare subtrahend the number from which another number, the subtrahend, is to be subtracted

[C18: from Latin minuendus (numerus) (the number) to be diminished]

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Word Origin & History

minuend

1706, from L. minuendus (numerus), gerundive pp. of minuere "to diminish, make small," from root of minus (see minus).

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minuend

(mĭn'y