Definition:Left Hand Side

Definition
In an equation:
 * $\text {Expression $1$} = \text {Expression $2$}$

the term $\text {Expression $1$}$ is the left hand side.

Also known as
Some sources refer to this as the left hand member.

Some sources hyphenate: left-hand.

Left hand side is often abbreviated to LHS.

Also see

 * Definition:Right Hand Side