Synonyms:
operator
Meaning: (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
Synonyms:
operator, manipulator
Meaning: an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"
Synonyms:
operator
Meaning: someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"
Synonyms:
hustler, wheeler_dealer, operator
Meaning: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
Usage examples
"I might just happen to catch some ship operator who is up late.
A present of coal stock by a mine operator to a railroad official is not a claw rip to the bowels of a rival mine operator.
"No, for I think an answer will come only directly after I have sent out a call, and it has been picked up by some operator.
They become instantly sensible that no punishment is intended to be inflicted, and I have seen them lick the hand of the operator, as if grateful for what he was doing.
The transmitting force is the concentrated effort of will-power, which sends the magnetic current through the nerves of the operator to the different parts of the body of his subject.
When the distant operator presses down his key the circuit is closed and a current passes along the line and through the (generally two) coils of the electromagnet, thus magnetizing the iron core.
The operator, to be successful, must have control of his own mind, be in perfect health and have the ability to keep his mind concentrated upon the object he desires to accomplish with his subject.
From the intelligent operator using it to overcome disease, a patient experiences a soothing influence that causes a relaxation of the muscles, followed by a pleasant, drowsy feeling which soon terminates in refreshing sleep.
This action of the pole-changer is effected by movements of the armature of an electromagnet through the manipulation of an ordinary telegraph key by an operator at the home station, as in the operation of the "transmitter," above referred to.
After this the will of the patient succumbed rapidly to that of the physician, so that, when I first became acquainted with the two, sleep was brought about almost instantaneously by the mere volition of the operator, even when the invalid was unaware of his presence.