Definition · applies to sums · also called summand

Elementary

In a sum, each number being added is a term.

High school

In the summation of two or more values, each value is called a term of the sum.

Notes

“Term” also means an element of a sequence (the third term of $1, 4, 9, \dots$ is $9$) and, in logic, an expression that denotes an object.

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