operant
(adjective) having influence or producing an effect; “many emotional determinants at work”; “an operant conscience”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
operant (comparative more operant, superlative most operant)
That operates to produce an effect.
• operative
• inoperant
operant (plural operants)
An operative person or thing.
(psychology) Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e, acting) upon the environment.
• Paterno, Protean, pronate, protean, tropane
Source: Wiktionary
Op"er*ant, a. Etym: [L. operans, p.pr. of operari. See Operate.]
Definition: Operative. [R.] Shak.
– n.
Definition: An operative person or thing. [R.] Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
