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operand
English
Etymology
From Late Latin operandum
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??p??ænd/
- (US) IPA(key): /??p???ænd/, /??p???ænd/
Noun
operand (plural operands)
- (mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in , the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and ).
- 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.
- 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)
Translations
Anagrams
- aproned, padrone, pandore
Danish
Noun
operand
- operand
Declension
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operative
English
Etymology
From Middle French operatif (modern French opératif).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p???t?v/, (colloquial) /??p??t?v/
Adjective
operative (comparative more operative, superlative most operative)
- Effectual or important.
- He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.
- Functional, in working order.
- Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
- an operative motive
- It holds in all operative principles.
- Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
- an operative dose, rule, or penalty
- Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations. [from 18th c.]
- operative surgery
Derived terms
- operatively
- operativeness
- operative word
- operativity
- preoperative, postoperative, inoperative, nonoperative
Related terms
- operand
- operant
- operate
- operation
- operational
- operator
Translations
Noun
operative (plural operatives)
- An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
- A spy, secret agent, or detective.
- A participant in an operation.
Translations
References
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Operative”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 145, column 2.
Anagrams
- evaporite
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
operative
- inflection of operativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
operative
- feminine plural of operativo
Anagrams
- operatevi
Latin
Adjective
oper?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of oper?t?vus
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
operative
- inflection of operativ:
- definite singular
- plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
operative
- inflection of operativ:
- definite singular
- plural
Swedish
Adjective
operative
- absolute definite natural masculine form of operativ.
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