multiplicand
noun
mul·ti·pli·cand
ˌməl-tə-plə-ˈkand 
: the number that is to be multiplied by another
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And its sheer complexity is why the semiprime products of RSA encryption can be shared openly, because only someone with one of the two multiplicands in hand could work out what the second one is.
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Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 Dec. 2019
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Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 Dec. 2019
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multiplicand
noun
mul·ti·pli·cand
ˌməl-tə-pli-ˈkand
: the number that is to be multiplied by another
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