Operant

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  • adjective. Operating to produce effects; effective.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being a response that occurs spontaneously and is identified by its reinforcing or inhibiting effects.
  • noun. One that operates.
  • noun. An element of operant behavior.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Working; engaged in action; active; operative; effective.
  • noun. One who operates; an operator or operative; a worker or workman.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Operative.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. That operates to produce an effect.
  • noun. An operative person or thing.
  • noun. A class of behavior that produces consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having influence or producing an effect
  • Word Usage
    "He argued that this occurs through a process that he called operant conditioning."
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    inoperant  
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    operative  
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