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Operator

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Noun

1. operator

(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation

2. manipulator, operator

an agent that operates some apparatus or machine

Example Sentences:
'the operator of the switchboard'

3. operator

someone who owns or operates a business

Example Sentences:
'who is the operator of this franchise?'

4. hustler, operator, wheeler dealer

a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

5. operator

a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Operator

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noun
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. 
a speculator, esp one who operates on currency or stock markets
4. informal
a person who manipulates affairs and other people
5. mathematics
any symbol, term, letter, etc, used to indicate or express a specific operation or process, such as Δ (the differential operator)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Operator

see synonyms of operator
noun
1. 
a person who operates
; specif.,
a. 
a person who effects something; agent
b.  US
a person whose work is operating a machine; specif., a person who operates a telephone switchboard
a telephone operator
c.  US
a person engaged in financial, commercial, or industrial operations; owner or manager of a mine, railroad, factory, etc.
2.  US, Slang
a clever, persuasive person who generally manages to achieve his or her ends
3.  Ancient Mathematics
any symbol or term conventionally indicating that a certain process, substitution, etc. is to be carried out

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Operator

see synonyms of operator
n.
1.
a. One who operates a machine or device: the operator of a forklift.
b. The owner or manager of a business.
c. A military person who executes a special operation.
d. Informal A person who is adept at accomplishing goals through shrewd or unscrupulous maneuvers.
2. Mathematics A function, especially one from a set to itself, such as differentiation of a differentiable function or rotation of a vector.
3. A logical operator.
4. Genetics A chromosomal segment of DNA that regulates the activity of the structural genes of an operon by interacting with a specific repressor.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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