Vocabulary : Operating to Operculate
Operating : of OperateOperation : The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. ;; The method of working; mode of action. ;; That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations. ;; Effect produced; influence. ;; Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols. ;; Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.
Operative : Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive. ;; Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty. ;; Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery. ;; A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
Operatively : In an operative manner.
Operator : One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect. ;; One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments. ;; A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. ;; The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also facient.
