operand

English

Etymology

From Late Latin operandum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒpəɹænd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpəˌɹænd/, /ˌɑpəˈɹænd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

operand (plural operands)

1. (mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in $3-x$, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and $x$).
   • 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47:

     When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

Translations

quantity to which an operator is applied

• Danish: operand c
• Esperanto: operando
• Finnish: operandi (fi), laskettava (fi)
• French: opérande (fr) m
• Greek: τελεστέος (el) m (telestéos)
• Icelandic: þolandi m
• Ido: operacario
• Italian: operando (it) m
• Japanese: 被演算子 (ひえんざんし, hienzanshi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: operand m

• Portuguese: operando (pt)
• Romanian: operand
• Russian: опера́нд (ru) m (operánd)
• Swedish: operand (sv)
• Turkish: işlenen (tr)

Anagrams

• aproned, padrone, pandore

Danish

Noun

operand

1. operand

Declension

Declension of operand

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	operand	operanden	operander	operanderne
genitive	operands	operandens	operanders	operandernes