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operant

adj

Etymology

From Middle English operant, from Latin operāns.

  1. derived from operāns
  2. inherited from operant

Definitions

  1. That operates to produce an effect.

    • thy most operant poison
    • I tell you frankly, if Paul Aubry is guilty I hope is convicted and punished; but if one of the others is guilty I hope he—or she—is punished, and if I knew anything operant to that end I certainly would not withhold it.

  2. An operative person or thing.

  3. Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon…

    Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for operant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA