📖 Definitions of "Operants"
noun
- 1
An operative person or thing.
- 2
Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Operants"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| operativenoun | Functional, in working order. |
| at worknoun | — |
| operose | (now rare) Made with or requiring a lot of labour; painstaking, laborious. |
| operonsnoun | A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together. |
| operatorsnoun | A person or organisation that operates a device, system, service, etc. |
| operatorynoun | (medicine) A room in which a dentist (or assistant) performs tasks on the patient. [from 20th c.] |
| operandnoun | (mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x). |
| operonnoun | A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together. |
| operant conditioningnoun | (psychology) A technique of behavior modification through positive and negative reinforcement and positive and negative punishment. |
| operatornoun | A person or organisation that operates a device, system, service, etc. |
| operandsnoun | (mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x). |
| operativesnoun | An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill. |
| operativenessnoun | (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative. |
| operculanoun | opercules |
| operatively | In an operative manner. |
| operational | Functioning and ready for use. |
| operateverb | (transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act. |
| operationalismnoun | (sciences) A philosophy that attempts to define all scientific concepts in terms of specified operations or procedures of observation and measurement. |
| opercularnoun | (anatomy) The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes. |
| ostinatinoun | (music) A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment. |
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