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Feel free to let me know if this is better suited for:

That said, I'm wondering if there's a math term for the nature of "sum", "difference", "product", and "quotient".

Now these are obviously the results of specific operations (i.e. sum can only be produced by an addition operation), however is there a math term more appropriate than how I just used "results"?

Another way to put it, say I were building an array of these terms, what would the variable name be? 

const someMathTerm = ['SUM', 'DIFF, 'PROD', 'QUOT'];
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    From Wikipedia "The values combined are called operands, arguments, or inputs, and the value produced is called the value, result, or output." I don't know of any technical word beyond these. Of course you could make one up. For instance, because "quotient" is the special name for the result of division, maybe "operant" should be the name for the result of an arbitrary binary operation. –  Jun 01 '16 at 16:38
  • @Bye_World Thanks! I think for my needs my best bet is to just suffix your above terms with type (resultType or outputType), since you're right, there doesn't appear to be a more technical term. I always like checking on these little things however. Thanks again. – lux Jun 01 '16 at 16:54

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How about binaryOperationResult?

Addition, subtraction, etc., are all binary operations: A -OPERATION- B.

Then you can add ROOT, RMDR, ...

(I sense that you want something more meaningful than value, result, etc., as those tend to be overused and six months later you're asking yourself as you read your code, "What kind of value? Result of what?")

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