English-Thai Dictionary
operant
ADJ ที่ มีผล ที่เกิด ผล ti-me-pon
operant
N ผู้ ผ่าตัด phu-pa-tad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
OPERANT
a.[See Operate. ] Having power to produce an effect. [Not used. We now use operative. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
OPERANT
Op "er *ant, a. Etym: [L. operans, p.pr. of operari. See Operate. ]
Defn: Operative. [R.] Shak. -- n.
Defn: An operative person or thing. [R.] Coleridge.
New American Oxford Dictionary
operant
op er ant |ˈäpərənt ˈɑpərənt |Psychology ▶adjective involving the modification of behavior by the reinforcing or inhibiting effect of its own consequences (instrumental conditioning ). ▶noun an item of behavior that is initially spontaneous, rather than a response to a prior stimulus, but whose consequences may reinforce or inhibit recurrence of that behavior. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin operant- ‘being at work, ’ from the verb operari.
Oxford Dictionary
operant
operant |ˈɒp (ə )r (ə )nt |Psychology ▶noun an item of behaviour that is not a response to a prior stimulus but something which is initially spontaneous, which may reinforce or inhibit recurrence of that behaviour. ▶adjective involving the modification of behaviour by the reinforcing or inhibiting effect of its own consequences. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin operant- ‘being at work ’, from the verb operari.
Duden Dictionary
operant
ope rant Adjektiv besonders Psychologie, Soziologie |oper a nt |zu lateinisch operans (Genitiv: operantis ), 1. Partizip von: operari, operieren eine bestimmte Wirkungsweise in sich habend operantes Verhalten (Reaktion, die nicht von einem auslösenden Reiz abhängt, sondern von den Auswirkungen dieser Reaktion )
Spanish Dictionary
operante
operante adjetivo 1 Que opera o es capaz de operar :fuerzas operantes; ideología operante .2 Que es activo y produce el efecto que está destinado a producir :medicamento operante; capital operante en un negocio .