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operator

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Main Entry: op·er·a·tor
Pronunciation: \ˈä-pə-ˌrā-tər, ˈä-ˌprā-\
Function: noun
Date: 1611

1 : one that operates: as a : one that operates a machine or device b : one that operates a business c : one that performs surgical operations d : one that deals in stocks or commodities
2 a : mountebank, fraud b : a shrewd and skillful person who knows how to circumvent restrictions or difficulties
3 a : something and especially a symbol that denotes or performs a mathematical or logical operation b : a mathematical function
4 : a binding site in a DNA chain at which a genetic repressor binds to inhibit the initiation of transcription of messenger RNA by one or more nearby structural genes —called also operator gene — compare operon

op·er·a·tor·less adjective


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