operator
has definitions from the fields of work,business,mathematics
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[ noun ] (mathematics) a symbol that represents a function from functions to functions
Examples "the integral operator" Used in print (Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)We are trying to study a linear_operator T on the finite dimensional space V , by decomposing T into a direct_sum of operators which are in some sense elementary . The second situation is illustrated by the operator T on * * f ( F any field ) represented in the standard basis by * * f . The diagonalizable operator is the special case of this in which * * f for each i . Then ( a ) * * f ( b ) each * * f is invariant under T ( c ) if * * f is the operator induced on * * f by T , then the minimal polynomial for * * f is * * f . If * * f is the operator induced on * * f by T , then evidently * * f , because by definition * * f is 0 on the subspace * * f . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
Synonyms Examples "the operator of the switchboard" Used in print (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)Operators were Arthur_Koop and Norman_Taylor . George_Woodcock was manager and troubleshooter ; Elizabeth_Way was the first operator ; and a night operator was also employed . George_Woodcock was manager and troubleshooter ; Elizabeth_Way was the first operator ; and a night operator was also employed . In 1931 Mrs._F._H._Briggs , agent and chief operator , who was to retire in 1946 with thirty years ' service , led agency offices in sales for the year with $ 2490 . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)Aging but still precocious , French feline enfant_terrible Francoisette_Lagoon has succeeded in shocking jaded old Paris again , this time with a sexy ballet scenario called The_Lascivious_Interlude , the story of a nymphomaniac trip-hammer operator who falls hopelessly in_love with a middle-aged steam_shovel . |
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[ noun ] (informal) a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
Synonyms Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The medical device pirate of today , of_course , is a far more sophisticated operator than his predecessor of yesteryear - the gallus snapping hawker of snake_oil and other patent_medicines . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work,business) someone who owns or operates a business
Examples "who is the operator of this franchise?" Used in print (Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)In a course for supermarket operators , a district_manager who had been recently appointed to his position after being outstandingly successful as a store manager , found that in supervising other managers he was having a difficult time . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
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