Recent Examples on the WebBut in the 3-adics, 972 is the same size as 486, because both the sum (972) and the summand (486) have the same number of 3s in their prime factorization.—Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin summandus, gerund of summare to sum, from summa
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