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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 .