OPERATOR

Operator

In physics, an operator is a function acting on the space of physical states. As a result

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operator

Noun

  1. One who operates.
  2. A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.
  3. A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range.
  4. Chinese whispers.
  5. A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.
  6. A member of a military Special Operations unit.
  7. The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.
  8. 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.


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