resolvend, n. Arith.
(rɪˈzɒlvənd)
[ad. L. resolvend-um, neut. gerundive of resolvĕre to resolve.]
The number formed by extending the remainder after subtraction in the process of extracting the square or cube root.
| 1675 Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) I. 215 Offering any resolvend..whatever, he could by direct operations give the logarithm of the root sought. 1709 J. Ward Introd. Math. i. xi. (1734) 128 It very often happens that the Resolvend is not a true Figurate Number. 1798 Hutton Course Math. (1827) I. 88 From the resolvend take the subtrahend, and to the remainder join the next period of the given number for a new resolvend. 1811 Self Instructor 165 Bring down the next point, 57, which call the resolvend. |
So † reˈsolvend a. (See quot.) Obs.
| [1694 Oughtred Key to Math. .161 The (Power to be resolved or) Potestas Resolvenda.] Ibid. 164 All the punctations..must be made in the Potestas Resolvend. |