Hypertext Webster Gateway: "operant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Operant \Op"er*ant\, a. [L. operans, p. pr. of operari. See
{Operate}.]
Operative. [R.] --Shak. -- n. An operative person or thing.
[R.] --Coleridge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
operant
adj : having influence or producing an effect; "many emotional
determinants at work"; "an operant conscience" [syn: {at
work(p)}]
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