operant

3 definitions found

operant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Operant \Op"er*ant\, a. [L. operans, p. pr. of operari. See
     Operate.]
     Operative. [R.] --Shak. -- n. An operative person or thing.
     [R.] --Coleridge.
     [1913 Webster]

operant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  operant
      adj 1: having influence or producing an effect; "many emotional
             determinants at work"; "an operant conscience"

operant - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "operant":
     actor, agent, architect, author, conductor, creator, doer, driver,
     engineer, executant, executor, executrix, fabricator, functionary,
     handler, maker, manipulator, medium, mover, operative, operator,
     performer, perpetrator, pilot, practitioner, prime mover, producer,
     runner, steersman, subject, worker