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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Operator \Op"er*a`tor\, n. [L.] 1. One who or that which operates or produces an effect. 2. (Surg.) One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments. 3. A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. [Brokers' Cant] 4. (Math.) The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also {facient}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Facient \Fa"cient\, n. [L. faciens, -- entis, p. pr of facere to make do See {Fact}.] 1. One who does anything good or bad a doer; an agent. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket. 2. (Mach.) a One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient. b The multiplier. Note: The terms facient, faciend, and factum, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or in general, any mathematical operation. See {Multiplication}.
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