Base (exponentiation)

In exponentiation, the base is the number b in an expression of the form bⁿ.

Addition (+)
	$\scriptstyle \left.{\begin{matrix}\scriptstyle {\text{term}}\,+\,{\text{term}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{summand}}\,+\,{\text{summand}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{addend}}\,+\,{\text{addend}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{augend}}\,+\,{\text{addend}}\end{matrix}}\right\}\,=\,$	$\scriptstyle {\text{sum}}$
Subtraction (−)
	$\scriptstyle \left.{\begin{matrix}\scriptstyle {\text{term}}\,-\,{\text{term}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{minuend}}\,-\,{\text{subtrahend}}\end{matrix}}\right\}\,=\,$	$\scriptstyle {\text{difference}}$
Multiplication (×)
	$\scriptstyle \left.{\begin{matrix}\scriptstyle {\text{factor}}\,\times \,{\text{factor}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{multiplier}}\,\times \,{\text{multiplicand}}\end{matrix}}\right\}\,=\,$	$\scriptstyle {\text{product}}$
Division (÷)
	$\scriptstyle \left.{\begin{matrix}\scriptstyle {\frac {\scriptstyle {\text{dividend}}}{\scriptstyle {\text{divisor}}}}\\[1ex]\scriptstyle {\frac {\scriptstyle {\text{numerator}}}{\scriptstyle {\text{denominator}}}}\end{matrix}}\right\}\,=\,$	$\scriptstyle \left\{{\begin{matrix}\scriptstyle {\text{fraction}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{quotient}}\\\scriptstyle {\text{ratio}}\end{matrix}}\right.$
Exponentiation (^)
	$\scriptstyle {\text{base}}^{\text{exponent}}\,=\,$	$\scriptstyle {\text{power}}$
nth root (√)
	$\scriptstyle {\sqrt[{\text{degree}}]{\scriptstyle {\text{radicand}}}}\,=\,$	$\scriptstyle {\text{root}}$
Logarithm (log)
	$\scriptstyle \log _{\text{base}}({\text{anti-logarithm}})\,=\,$	$\scriptstyle {\text{logarithm}}$

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