A minuend is a quantity from which something is to be subtracted. The amount subtracted is called the subtrahend. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Minuend”
Here’s another example from our Facebook group discussion about odd words for things we all know about, minuend.
I think I knew this word at one point and then I totally forgot it.
It’s making me think of minuet, but it’s probably not related, is it?
Minuend?
I don’t know the etymology of minuend.
I can’t even figure out what that is. What is that?
A minuend is a number from which the subtrahend is to be subtracted.
So if you have 10 minus 7, 10 is the minuend.
Oh, very good.
Isn’t that cool?
I think I was taught that word many, many, many, many years ago in elementary school, and I totally forgot about it, but somebody reminded me on our Facebook group.
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