Dictionary entries for 'operator'

Synonyms

op·er·a·tor (ŏṕə-rā́tər)

noun

One who operates a machine or device: a switchboard operator.
The owner or manager of a business or an industrial enterprise.
One who deals aggressively in stocks or commodities.
Informal A person who is adept at accomplishing goals through shrewd or unscrupulous maneuvers.
Mathematics A function, especially one from a set to itself, such as differentiation of a differentiable function or rotation of a vector.
A logical operator.
Genetics A chromosomal segment of DNA that regulates the activity of the structural genes of an operon by interacting with a specific repressor.