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 .

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[ noun ] an agent that operates some apparatus or machine

Synonyms

manipulator

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

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 .

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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 .

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[ noun ] a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets

Related terms

speculator

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