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    [Adjective]  | "op*er*ant" | \ ˈä-pə-rənt \


    1: functioning or tending to produce effects : effective

    2: of or relating to the observable or measurable

    3: of, relating to, or being an operant or operant conditioning


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin operant-, operans, present participle of operārī "to work, be efficacious, effect, produce" {mat|operate|operate};

    [Noun]  | "operant" 


    1: behavior (such as bar pressing by a rat to obtain food) that operates on the environment to produce rewarding and reinforcing effects


    Origin: 1937 ;

     Derivative of {see: |operant:1|operant:1};

    [Noun]  | "operant conditioning" 


    1: conditioning in which the desired behavior or increasingly closer approximations to it are followed by a rewarding or reinforcing stimulus


    Origin: 1941 ;

     [ "Operating" ]

    1: When your doing something very successful with no struggle what’s so ever.

      * e.g.,  ... I just got a nuke in call of duty I’m operating! 

     [ "operator" ]

    1: Slang term for someone who is a member of a Spec Ops team.

      * e.g.,  ... Bjorn was an operator with the 10th group. 

     [ "Operate" ]

    1: To do something in a calculated, planned, or skillful way. Usually in shooter videogames.

      * e.g.,  ... I’m about to operate on this team, I know exactly where they are. 

     [ "operator" ]

    1: adj. badass, amazing, best-of-the-best, the shit - from the term for a member of a spec ops team, spec ops being the cream of the military crop.

      * e.g.,  ... "I love marshmallows." "Marshmallows are fucking operator, bro." "Fo sho let's get some." 

     [ "the operator" ]

    1: The Operator is the main antagonist from the Marble Hornets series. He is very similar yet different when compared to the Slenderman. It is still a question to whether "The Operator" is just another name for the Slenderman. The Operator is believed to have different abilities than the Slenderman. The Operator is able to wipe people's memories from an extended period of time and can also mess with cameras when he is in their proximity. The Slenderman and The Operator, although very similar, are most likely two seperate states of mind. They may inhabit the same body, but they are two seperate minds.

      * e.g.,  ... "The Operator has appeared to me quite recently." 

     [ "oper" ]

    1: noun - An operator on an IRC network. They are usually in charge of making sure that the network runs smoothly.

      * e.g.,  ... oper up, and relink the services 


     [ "oper" ]

    2: Sometimes given an bad name for either abuse of their power, or negelecting their responsibilities.

      * e.g.,  ... somebody get an oper in here and ban that spammer 


     [ "oper" ]

    3: verb - to obtain oper privileges on an IRC network.

     [ "Operation" ]

    1: A game that had a big, naked white guy with no cash and prizes at all..

      * e.g.,  ... Operation, that game where you can't touch the sides. 

     [ "operator" ]

    1: this guy also says, "main screen turn on."

      * e.g.,  ... Operator: Main screen turn on. 


     [ "operator" ]

    2: also see


     [ "operator" ]

    3: ::mechanic::captain::cats::zig::

     [ "operator" ]

    1: the man in charge, the man who gets things done, more like the main man.

      * e.g.,  ... She's the operator in that team, the whole town knows it 

     [ "operator" ]

    1: The guy who says "we get signal"

      * e.g.,  ... Operator:we get signal 

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