| 释义 |
operand Math.|ˈɒpərænd|
[ad. L. operandum, neuter gerundive of operārī to operate.]
A quantity or symbol to be operated on.
1886W. S. Aldis Solid Geom. xiv. (ed. 4) 238 The operation of multiplication by a vector is distributive both as regards the operator and the operand. 1956Berkeley & Wainwright Computers ii. 37 The first two registers receive the operands, or numbers operated on. 1965Language XLI. 377 There is also a zero (and affix) causative in which the W contains no new verb, but the N and V of the operand sentence are permuted: The children sat→He seated the children. 1969P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 354 In the mathematical operation of division, the dividend and divisor are two operands. Ibid., Most digital computer instructions have one or more operands, each indicated by a field within the instruction. 1973D. U. Wilde Introd. Computing Probl. v. 106 The or operation is said to be true if either or both of its operands are true; otherwise, it is false. The and operation is true if both operands are true; otherwise, it is false. |