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operant
adjective
- operating, or producing an effect or effects
- Psychol.
- designating behavior defined by the resulting stimulus rather than the stimulus which elicits it
- designating conditioning in which the desired response, when it occurs, is reinforced by a stimulus
noun
a person or thing that operates
See operant in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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