mutator

English

Etymology

From mutate +‎ -or.

Noun

mutator (plural mutators)

1. That which causes mutation or change.

   In object-oriented programming, the mutator function changes the value of the field that gives its name.

Synonyms

• setter

Antonyms

• accessor

Latin

Verb

mūtātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of mūtō

References

• “mutator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mutator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “mutator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mutateur.

Noun

mutator n (plural mutatoare)

1. mutator

Declension

Declension of mutator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mutator	mutatorul	(niște) mutatoare	mutatoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) mutator	mutatorului	(unor) mutatoare	mutatoarelor
vocative	mutatorule		mutatoarelor