multiplicand

multiplicand

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭl'-tə-plĭ-kăndʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌmʌltəplɪˈkænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

multiplicand (plural multiplicands)

1. (arithmetic) A number that is to be multiplied by another (the multiplier).

   In the expression 5 × 3, the "3" is the multiplicand.

Hypernyms

• operand

Translations

number that is to be multiplied by another

Bulgarian: множимо n (množimo) Cebuano: tigpilo Chinese: Mandarin: 被乘數／被乘数 (zh) (bèichéngshù) Finnish: kerrottava (fi) French: multiplicande (fr) m Georgian: სამრავლი (samravli) German: Multiplikand (de) m Hungarian: szorzandó (hu) Icelandic: margföldunarstofn m Italian: moltiplicando (it) m Japanese: 被乗数 (ひじょうすう, hijōsū) Korean: 피승수 (piseungsu) Kyrgyz: көбөйтүүчү (köböytüüçü) Macedonian: мно́женик m (mnóženik) Manx: yn-vooadee m Polish: mnożna f Romanian: înmulțit (ro) m, multiplicat (ro) m Russian: мно́жимое (ru) n (mnóžimoje) Serbo-Croatian: množenik (sh) m Tagalog: damihin Turkish: çarpılan (tr), çarpan (tr)

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

• successor
• addition, summation:

  (augend) + (addend) = (total)

  (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)

• subtraction:

  (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)

• multiplication, factorization:

  (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)

  (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)

• division:

  (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)

  (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)

  Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining

• exponentiation:

  (base) ^(exponent) = (power)

• root extraction:

  ^(degree) √ (radicand) = (root)

• logarithmization:

  log_(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation