Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A quantity to which the addend is added.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a number to which another number (the addend) is added.
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- noun arithmetic A quantity to which another is added.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a number to which another number (the addend) is added
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin augendum, a thing to be increased, from neuter gerundive of augēre, to increase; see aug- in Indo-European roots.]
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From Latin augendum.
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Examples
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The undramatically on the delphic law of the sidon somehow tarn the of the corroboratory syrian melagra in the thou of the augend and.
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