subtrahend
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The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
cube
multiple
numerator
difference
element
factor
minor
argument
algorithm
equation
formula
decrease
fraction
arithmetic
decimal
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Since there was no subtraction instruction, only the twos-complement add (TAD), computing the difference of two operands required first negating the subtrahend.
In 1678, the publication of Caspar Questel's De pulvinari morientibus non subtrahend, ("On the pillow of which the dying should not be deprived"), initiated debate on the topic.
Subtraction finds the difference between two numbers, the minuend minus the subtrahend.