operator

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.

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operator

Noun

1. a person who operates a machine or instrument, esp. a telephone switchboard

2. a person who runs a business: your tour operator will arrange a visa for you

3. Informal a person who manipulates affairs and other people: she considered him a shrewd operator who only liked to appear to be simple

4. Maths any symbol, term, or letter used to indicate or express a specific operation or process

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 machine; "the operator of the switchboard" manipulator 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 difficulties wheeler dealer, hustler 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

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operator

noun 1. worker, hand, driver, mechanic, operative, conductor, technician, handler, skilled employee

noun 2. contractor, dealer, trader, administrator

noun 3. (Informal) manipulator, worker, mover, Machiavellian, mover and shaker, machinator, wheeler-dealer (informal) wirepuller

Translations

operator [ˈɔpəreɪtəʳ] n [of machine] → operario/a;

(TEL) → operador(a) m/f; telefonista m/f

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operator [ˈɔpəreɪtəʳ] n [of machine] → opérateur/trice;

(Tel) → téléphoniste m/f

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operator [ˈɔpəreɪtəʳ] operate n (Tel) → Vermittlung f [of machine] → Bediener(in) m(f)

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operator [ˈɔpəreɪtəʳ] n [of machine] → operatore/trice;

(TEL) → centralinista m/f