subtrahend

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(sŭb'trə-hĕnd') pronunciation
n.
A quantity or number to be subtracted from another.

[From Latin subtrahendum, neuter gerundive of subtrahere, to subtract. See subtract.]



(in mathematics) the number to be subtracted from another number (the minuend).

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