Meanings
nounoperand (plural operands)
plural operands
- computingA quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).
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.
1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47
Origin
- Late Latinoperandum
- Englishoperand
From Late Latin operandum. By surface analysis, operate + -and. Doublet of operandum.
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish operand
- operandquantity to which an operator is applied
Esperanto operando
- operandoquantity to which an operator is applied
Finnish operandi, laskettava
- operandiquantity to which an operator is applied
- laskettavaquantity to which an operator is applied
French opérande
- opérandequantity to which an operator is applied
Greek τελεστέος
- τελεστέος (telestéos)quantity to which an operator is applied
Icelandic þolandi
- þolandiquantity to which an operator is applied
Italian operando
- operandoquantity to which an operator is applied
Japanese 被演算子
- 被演算子 (hienzanshi)quantity to which an operator is applied
Norwegian Bokmål operand
- operandquantity to which an operator is applied
Polish argument, operand
- argumentquantity to which an operator is applied
- operandquantity to which an operator is applied
Portuguese operando
- operandoquantity to which an operator is applied
Romanian operand
- operandquantity to which an operator is applied
Russian опера́нд
- опера́нд (operánd)quantity to which an operator is applied
Swedish operand
- operandquantity to which an operator is applied
Turkish işlenen
- işlenenquantity to which an operator is applied
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with operand
andhandlandbrandbandunderstandgrandstanddemandexpandplannedsandgranderandstrandbannedscannedcannedglandtannedwithstandblandsecondhandmanned
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
operand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/operand
MLA
“operand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/operand. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “operand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/operand.
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