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operator
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op·er·a·tor  (p-rtr)
n.
1. One who operates a machine or device: a switchboard operator.
2. The owner or manager of a business or an industrial enterprise.
3. One who deals aggressively in stocks or commodities.
4. Informal A person who is adept at accomplishing goals through shrewd or unscrupulous maneuvers.
5. Mathematics A function, especially one from a set to itself, such as differentiation of a differentiable function or rotation of a vector.
6. A logical operator.
7. Genetics A chromosomal segment of DNA that regulates the activity of the structural genes of an operon by interacting with a specific repressor.

operator [ˈɒpəˌreɪtə]
n
1. a person who operates a machine, instrument, etc., esp, a person who makes connections on a telephone switchboard or at an exchange
2. a person who owns or operates an industrial or commercial establishment
3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) a speculator, esp one who operates on currency or stock markets
4. Informal a person who manipulates affairs and other people
5. (Mathematics) Maths any symbol, term, letter, etc., used to indicate or express a specific operation or process, such as Δ (the differential operator)

operator  (p-rtr)
1. Mathematics A 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.
2. A logical operator.
3. Genetics A segment of chromosomal DNA that regulates the activity of the structural genes of an operon by interacting with a specific repressor.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.operator - (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
function, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function, map - (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
linear operator - an operator that obeys the distributive law: A(f+g) = Af + Ag (where f and g are functions)
identity element, identity operator, identity - an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"
2.operator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machineoperator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"
causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
company operator - an operator who works for a company
driver - the operator of a motor vehicle
elevator operator - an operator of an elevator
engine driver, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engineer - the operator of a railway locomotive
hoister - an operator of a hoist
jockey - an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; "he's a truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey"
motorman - the operator of streetcar
radio operator - someone who operates a radio transmitter
switchman - a man who operates railroad switches
telegraph operator, telegrapher, telegraphist - someone who transmits messages by telegraph
switchboard operator, telephone operator, telephonist - someone who helps callers get the person they are calling
3.operator - someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"
businessman, man of affairs - a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
supermarketeer, supermarketer - an operator of a supermarket
4.operator - a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficultiesoperator - a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
opportunist, self-seeker - a person who places expediency above principle
wire-puller - one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
5.operator - a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
plunger, speculator - someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains

operator
noun
1. worker, hand, driver, mechanic, operative, conductor, technician, handler, skilled employee He first of all worked as a machine operator.
2. contractor, dealer, trader, administrator the country's largest cable TV operator
3. (Informal) manipulator, worker, mover, Machiavellian, mover and shaker, machinator, wheeler-dealer (informal), wirepuller one of the shrewdest political operators in the Arab world
Translations
operator [ˈɒpəreɪtəʳ] N
1. [of machine etc] → operario/a m/f; (= machinist) → maquinista mf (Cine) → operador(a) m/f (Telec) → telefonista mf
2. (fig) a smooth operator (in business) → un tipo hábil; (in love) → un engatusador
he's a very clever operatores un tipo muy vivo

operator [ˈɒpəreɪtər] n
[machine] → opérateur/trice m/f
opérateur/trice m/f
He dialled the operator → Il appela l'opératrice.
(= company) → opérateur m
the nation's largest cable TV operator → le plus grand opérateur de télévision câblée du pays

operator
n
(Telec) → ˜ Vermittlung f; a call through the operatorein handvermitteltes Gespräch
(of machinery)(Maschinen)arbeiter(in) m(f); (of vehicle, lift)Führer(in) m(f); (of electrical equipment)Bediener(in) m(f); (of computer etc)Operator(in) m(f); lathe etc operatorArbeiter(in) m(f)an der Drehbank etc
(= private company)Unternehmen nt; (= company owner)Unternehmer(in) m(f); (Fin) → (Börsen)makler(in) m(f); (= tour operator)Veranstalter(in) m(f)
(inf)raffinierter Typ m (inf); (= criminal)Gauner(in) m(f); to be a smooth/clever operatorraffiniert vorgehen

operator [ˈɒpəˌreɪtəʳ] n (of machine) → operatore/trice (Telec) → centralinista m/f
tour operator → operatore/trice turistico/a
a smooth operator (fam) → uno/a che ci sa fare

operator مُشغل operátor operatør Bediener χειριστής operador keskus opérateur operator operatore オペレーター 운전자 operator operatør operator operador оператор telefonist ผู้ควบคุมเครื่องจักร operatör người điều khiển 操作员


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