OPERATOR

hustler, wheeler dealer, operator

(noun) a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

operator, manipulator

(noun) an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; “the operator of the switchboard”

operator

(noun) someone who owns or operates a business; “who is the operator of this franchise?”

operator

(noun) a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets

operator

(noun) (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

operator (countable and uncountable, plural operators)

One who operates.

A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.

(mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range.

(uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.

(informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.

A member of a military special operations unit.

(computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.

(computing) A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax.

(linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.

Hyponyms

• arithmetic operator

• assignment operator

• binary operator

• bitwise operator

• conditional operator

• comparison operator

• differential operator

• infix operator

• integral operator

• lifted operator

• logic operator

• smooth operator

• ternary operator

• unary operator

Anagrams

• aeroport, aëroport, poor rate

Source: Wiktionary


Op"er*a`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

1. One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.

2. (Surg.)

Definition: One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments.

3. A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. [Brokers' Cant]

4. (Math.)

Definition: The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also facient.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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