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

Sources

• 1972: Murray R. Spiegel and R.W. Boxer: Theory and Problems of Statistics (SI ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Equations