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operator
[op-uh-rey-ter]
noun
a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like.
a telegraph operator.
a person who operates a telephone switchboard, especially for a telephone company.
a person who manages a working or industrial establishment, enterprise, or system.
the operators of a mine.
a person who trades in securities, especially speculatively or on a large scale.
a person who performs a surgical operation; a surgeon.
Mathematics.
a symbol for expressing a mathematical operation.
a function, especially one transforming a function, set, etc., into another.
a differential operator.
Informal.
a person who accomplishes goals or purposes by devious means; faker; fraud.
a person who is adroit at overcoming, avoiding, or evading difficulties, regulations, or restrictions.
a person who is extremely successful with or smoothly persuasive to potential sexual or romantic partners.
Genetics.a segment of DNA that interacts with a regulatory molecule, preventing transcription of the adjacent region.
operator
/ ˈɒəˌɪə /
noun
a person who operates a machine, instrument, etc, esp, a person who makes connections on a telephone switchboard or at an exchange
a person who owns or operates an industrial or commercial establishment
a speculator, esp one who operates on currency or stock markets
informala person who manipulates affairs and other people
maths any symbol, term, letter, etc, used to indicate or express a specific operation or process, such as Δ (the differential operator)
operator
MathematicsA function, especially one from a set to itself, such as differentiation of a differentiable function or rotation of a vector. In quantum mechanics, measurable quantities of a physical system, such as position and momentum, are related to unique operators applied to the wave equation describing the system.
A logical operator.
GeneticsA segment of chromosomal DNA that regulates the activity of the structural genes of an operon by interacting with a specific repressor.
Other 51Թ Forms
- preoperator noun
- self-operator noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Alternatively, you can find the details of your energy network operator by using this postcode search tool.
The zoo closed on Tuesday as a "precautionary measure", operators Belfast City Council said, while the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the council's environmental health team carry out more sampling.
Accurate forecasts will enable satellite operators, power distribution companies, as well as aurora watchers, to better plan for intense solar storms.
But all train service had been interrupted by the strike, and skilled rail operators did not want to cross the picket lines.
There are also cameras in the pillars throughout the house in addition to actual camera operators.
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