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Augend

The first of several Addends, or ``the one to which the others are added,'' is sometimes called the augend. Therefore, while $a$, $b$, and $c$ are Addends in $a+b+c$, $a$ is the augend.

See also Addend, Addition




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25