different between operator vs niladic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin operat?r, from operor (“work, labour”). Equivalent to operate +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p???e?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p???e???/
• Hyphenation: op?er?ator

Noun

operator (countable and uncountable, plural operators)

1. One who operates.
2. A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.
3. (mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range.
4. (uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.
5. (informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.
   • 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 1:

     Francis Urquhart: I think Lord Billsborough is starting to lose touch a bit.
     Tim Stamper: Shame. Used to be a hell of an operator in his day.

6. A member of a military special operations unit.
7. (computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.
8. (computing) A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax.
9. (linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.

   In the sentence "What did Bill say he wants to buy?", "what" is an operator, binding a phonetically empty variable.

Hyponyms

Related terms

Translations

References

• operator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• aeroport, aëroport, poor rate

Latin

Etymology

operor +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o.pe?ra?.tor/, [?p???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.pe?ra.tor/, [?p?????t??r]

Noun

oper?tor m (genitive oper?t?ris); third declension

1. worker, operator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Verb

oper?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of operor
2. third-person singular future active imperative of operor

References

• operator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• operator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• operator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

• Ultimately from Latin oper?tor (“worker”), probably through English operator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?p?????to??/

Noun

operator ?

1. surgeon

Polish

Etymology

From French opérateur, from Latin oper?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.p??ra.t?r/

Noun

operator m pers (feminine operatorka)

1. machinist, operator
2. (medicine) surgeon

   Synonym: chirurg

3. (cinematography) cameraman, cinematographer
4. (telecommunications) operator (company providing operator services)

Declension

Noun

operator m inan

1. (mathematics) operator
2. (linguistics) operator

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) operatornia
• (adjectives) operatorski, operatorowy

Further reading

• operator in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• operator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op?ra?tor/
• Hyphenation: o?pe?ra?tor

Noun

opèr?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. (mathematics) operator

Declension

Swedish

Noun

operator c

1. (mathematics, computing) an operator

Declension

English

Etymology

nil +? -adic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æd?k

Adjective

niladic

1. (computing) Of an operator or function in a program, having no arguments.

Synonyms

• nullary

See also

• dyadic
• monadic
• triadic

Anagrams

• indical