Base (exponentiation)
(in exponentiation), number b in an expression of the form b^n
Arithmetic operations
v
t
e
Addition
(+)
term
+
term
summand
+
summand
addend
+
addend
augend
+
addend
}
=
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle \left.{\begin{matrix}\scriptstyle {\text{term}}\,+\,{\text{term}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{summand}}\,+\,{\text{summand}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{addend}}\,+\,{\text{addend}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{augend}}\,+\,{\text{addend}}\end{matrix}}\right\}\,=\,}
sum
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\text{sum}}}
Subtraction
(−)
term
−
term
minuend
−
subtrahend
}
=
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle \left.{\begin{matrix}\scriptstyle {\text{term}}\,-\,{\text{term}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{minuend}}\,-\,{\text{subtrahend}}\end{matrix}}\right\}\,=\,}
difference
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\text{difference}}}
Multiplication
(×)
factor
×
factor
multiplier
×
multiplicand
}
=
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle \left.{\begin{matrix}\scriptstyle {\text{factor}}\,\times \,{\text{factor}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{multiplier}}\,\times \,{\text{multiplicand}}\end{matrix}}\right\}\,=\,}
product
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\text{product}}}
Division
(÷)
dividend
divisor
numerator
denominator
}
=
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle \left.{\begin{matrix}\scriptstyle {\frac {\scriptstyle {\text{dividend}}}{\scriptstyle {\text{divisor}}}}\\[1ex]\scriptstyle {\frac {\scriptstyle {\text{numerator}}}{\scriptstyle {\text{denominator}}}}\end{matrix}}\right\}\,=\,}
{
fraction
quotient
ratio
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle \left\{{\begin{matrix}\scriptstyle {\text{fraction}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{quotient}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{ratio}}\end{matrix}}\right.}
Exponentiation
(^)
base
exponent
=
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\text{base}}^{\text{exponent}}\,=\,}
power
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\text{power}}}
n
th root
(√)
radicand
degree
=
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\sqrt[{\text{degree}}]{\scriptstyle {\text{radicand}}}}\,=\,}
root
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\text{root}}}
Logarithm
(log)
log
base
(
anti-logarithm
)
=
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle \log _{\text{base}}({\text{anti-logarithm}})\,=\,}
logarithm
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\text{logarithm}}}
v
t
e
For number of digits which exist in a numeral system, also called 'base', see
Radix
.
In
exponentiation
, the
base
is the number
b
in an expression of the form
b
n
.