operant

operant englannista suomeksi

1. vaikuttava

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operant englanniksi

1. That operates to produce an effect.

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2. 1955, Stout|Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses (book)|''Three Witnesses'', October 1994 Books|Bantam edition, (ISBN), page 117:

I tell you frankly, if Paul Aubry is guilty I hope is convicted and punished; but if one of the others is guilty I hope he—or she—is punished, and if I knew anything operant to that end I certainly would not withhold it.

3. An operative person or thing.

4. Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.

5. (gerund of)

6. (inflection of)

7. (l)