Associations to the word «Operand»

Wiktionary

OPERAND, noun. (mathematics) (computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in \(3 - x\), the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and \(x\)).

Dictionary definition

OPERAND, noun. A quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope