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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Operant \Op"er*ant\, a. [L. operans, p. pr. of operari. See
     Operate.]
     Operative. [R.] --Shak. -- n. An operative person or thing.
     [R.] --Coleridge.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Operant \Op"er*ant\, a. [L. operans, p. pr. of operari. See
     Operate.]
     Operative. [R.] --Shak. -- n. An operative person or thing.
     [R.] --Coleridge.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  operant
       adj : having influence or producing an effect; "many emotional
             determinants at work"; "an operant conscience" [syn: at
             work(p)]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  operant
     Catalan part.p.
     (present participle of ca operar)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la operō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  operant
     a.
     That operates to produce an effect.
     n.
     1 An operative person or thing.
     2 (lb en psychology) Any of a class of behaviors that produce
  consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  operant
     Catalan part.p.
     (present participle of ca operar)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la operō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  operant
     Catalan part.p.
     (present participle of ca operar)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la operō  3 p pres actv indc)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  operant
     Englanti a.
     vaikuttava
     Englanti n.
     operantti

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Operant /ˈɒpəɹənt/
  فعّال

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɑpɝənt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "operant":
     actor, agent, architect, author, conductor, creator, doer, driver,
     engineer, executant, executor, executrix, fabricator, functionary,
     handler, maker, manipulator, medium, mover, operative, operator,
     performer, perpetrator, pilot, practitioner, prime mover, producer,
     runner, steersman, subject, worker
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 动作的;生效的;可推断的

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