Phrase Hound found 64 phrases and 17 compound words that contain operator. The most common are listed below. Open operator in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 64
- tour operatorA company that sells package holidays.
- telephone operatorA person who operates a telephone switchboard.
- binary operatorA symbol representing binary operation; an operator taking two operands.
- system operatorA person who oversees the day-to-day operation of a computer system
- smooth operatorA person who accomplishes tasks with efficiency and grace, especially one with verbal skills who is persuasive in interpersonal relationships, negotiation, etc.
- crane operator(This entry is a translation hub.)
- Network operator
- shape operatorThe differential of the Gauss map of an oriented surface at a given point on the surface.
- differential operatorAn operator defined as a function of the differentiation operator (the operator which maps functions to their derivatives).
- Laplace operatorA differential operator, denoted ∆ and defined on ℝⁿ as Δ=∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂²)/(∂x_i²), used in the modeling of wave propagation, heat flow and many other applications.
- radio operatorA person who, often as employment, sends and receives radio messages.
- wireless operatorA person who operates a radio transmitter on a ship or in an outpost, military unit, etc., in order to communicate over long distances.
- linear operatorAn operator L such that for functions f and g and scalar λ, L (f + g) = L f + L g and L λf = λ L f.
- comparison operatora binary operator that tests for equality or inequality and evaluates to true or false
- machine operatorA person who operates machinery.
- arithmetic operatorAny of the four basic operators in arithmetic, namely addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- safe navigation operatorA binary operator that returns its second argument, unless the first argument is null, in which case it returns null; used to simplify code that would otherwise need multiple explicit checks for nullity.
- box operatorSynonym of d'Alembert operator: A differential operator which may be expressed as ∂_μ∂^μ=∑_(μ=0)³∂/∂x^μ∂/∂x_μ; it is the four-dimensional (Minkowski space) equivalent of the three-dimensional Laplace operator.
- co-operatorAlternative spelling of cooperator: One who cooperates; an associate.
- operator theoryA branch of functional analysis, being the study of linear operators on function spaces.
- owner-operatorSomeone who both owns and operates a piece of equipment, especially a semi-trailer truck (articulated lorry). They are a contractor; they may be a commercial carrier, but most often they provide capacity (trucks and drivers, with or …
- closure operatorA function which maps any subset X of S onto another such subset (or possibly X itself) called the closure of X (thus providing a mathematical means to define closure).
- wave operatorSynonym of d'Alembert operator: A differential operator which may be expressed as ∂_μ∂^μ=∑_(μ=0)³∂/∂x^μ∂/∂x_μ; it is the four-dimensional (Minkowski space) equivalent of the three-dimensional Laplace operator.
- unary operatorA symbol representing unary operation; an operator taking one operand.
- elliptic operatorAny of a particular class of second-order linear differential operators.
Compound words 17
- SYSOPAlternative letter-case form of sysop.
- eigenoperatorAn operator (endomorphism) involving an eigenvalue.
- interoperatorBetween operators.
- nonoperatorOne who is not an operator.
- operatorlessWithout an operator (person who operates); fully automatic.
- hyperoperatorA mapping from operators to operators.
- intraoperatorRelating to a single operator.
- metaoperatorIn the Perl and Raku programming languages, an operator that can combine with other operators.
- operatorialOf or pertaining to an operator
- operatorshipThe office of an operator