OPERATOR
\ˈɒpəɹˌe͡ɪtə], \ˈɒpəɹˌeɪtə], \ˈɒ_p_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t_ə]\
Definitions of OPERATOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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(mathematics) a symbol that represents a function from functions to functions; "the integral operator"
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someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"
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a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
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a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
By Princeton University
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(mathematics) a symbol that represents a function from functions to functions; "the integral operator"
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someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"
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a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.
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One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments.
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A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator.
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The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; - called also facient.
By Oddity Software
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One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.
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One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments.
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A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator.
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The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; - called also facient.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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Regulatory elements of an operon to which activators or repressors bind to effect the transcription of genes in the operon.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who, or that which, works or acts; one who is employed in a telephone exchange to make connections between lines; one who runs a machine in a factory, etc.; a broker, or one who acts for others; as, a coal operator.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Same etymon. A surgeon who is in the habit of practising the greater operations. One who performs any operation. To be a good operator, the surgeon must be well acquainted with anatomy, and be possessed of strong nerve. See Surgeon.
By Robley Dunglison
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