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Definition of Operant
1. Adjective. Having influence or producing an effect. "An operant conscience"
Definition of Operant
1. a. Operative.
Definition of Operant
1. Adjective. That operates to produce an effect. ¹
2. Noun. An operative person or thing. ¹
3. Noun. (psychology) A class of behavior that produces consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Operant
1. one that operates [n -S] - See also: operates
Medical Definition of Operant
1. In conditioning, any behaviour or specific response chosen by the experimenter; its frequency is intended to increase or decrease by the judicious pairing with it of a reinforcer when it occurs. Synonym: target behaviour, target response. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Operant
Literary usage of Operant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of Individuality: Or, The One and the Many by Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell (1893)
"Under such conditions, these energies are all active, but they are not the mind's
co-operant, because the mind does not actively associate itself with them ..."
2. Introduction to Economics by John Roscoe Turner (1919)
"The co-operant forces of industry. 3. The automatic adjustment in industry. 4.
Adjustments never complete. 5. Quantitative precision. 6. ..."
3. Extracts from the Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham, from the Original by Durham Cathedral, Joseph Thomas Fowler (1901)
"(scaffolding, lime, carriage of lime from Ferry to Alverton, and sand, for the
same work) ; operant. super ..."
4. Scripture Texts Illustrated by General Literature by Francis Jacox (1871)
"CO-operant UNITS. EPHESIANS iv. 16. THE universal Church is designated by the
apostle a ... operant ..."
5. Secular annotations on Scripture texts by Francis Jacox (1870)
"CO-operant UNITS. EPHESIANS ir. 16. THE universal Church is designated by the
apostle a body, which whole body is fitly joined together and compacted by ..."
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