multiplicand

English

Pronunciation

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

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• 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)
• Khmer: មេគុណ (mei kun)
• Korean: 피승수 (piseungsu)
• Kyrgyz: көбөйтүүчү (köböytüücü)
• 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