mathematics - What is a word similar to "multiplier" but for addition (or subtraction)
A multiplier is a number by which another number is multiplied. What do you call a number by which another number is added or subtracted?
Answer
There is the multiplier (that which multiplies) and the multiplicand (that which is to be multiplied).
For subtraction there is the subtrahend (that which is to be subtracted) and the minuend (that which is to be diminished).
For division there is the divisor (that which divides) and the dividend (that which is to be divided).
These words with -and or -end are Latin future participles.
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