n.
A quantity or number to be subtracted from another.
[From Latin subtrahendum, neuter gerundive of subtrahere, to subtract. See subtract.]
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subtrahend
American Heritage Dictionary:
sub·tra·hend |
n.
A quantity or number to be subtracted from another.
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Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
subtrahend |
(in mathematics) the number to be subtracted from another number (the minuend).
| subtractive hybridization, subtractive cloning, subtligase | |
| subunit, subunit-exchange chromatography, succinamic acid |
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