operant
See also: opérant
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operant (comparative more operant, superlative most operant)
- That operates to produce an effect.
- thy most operant poison
- 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 117:
- 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.
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operant (plural operants)
- An operative person or thing.
- (psychology) Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.
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operant
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operant
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operant m or n (feminine singular operantă, masculine plural operanți, feminine and neuter plural operante)
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Declension of operant
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | operant | operantă | operanți | operante | ||
definite | operantul | operanta | operanții | operantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | operant | operante | operanți | operante | ||
definite | operantului | operantei | operanților | operantelor |