operador

Definitions of operador
  1. noun
    a photographer who operates a movie camera
    synonyms: camarógrafo, cámara
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    type of:
    fotógrafo, retratista
    someone who takes photographs professionally
  2. noun
    an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
    synonyms: manipulador, operario
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    conductor
    the operator of a motor vehicle
    ascensorista
    an operator of an elevator
    maquinista
    the operator of a railway locomotive
    maquinista
    the operator of streetcar
    cambiavía, guardagujas
    a man who operates railroad switches
    telegrafista
    someone who transmits messages by telegraph
    telefonista
    someone who helps callers get the person they are calling
    conductor de autobús
    someone who drives a bus
    chofer, chófer
    a man paid to drive a privately owned car
    automovilista
    someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile
    volantista
    a driver who obstructs others
    taxista
    someone who drives a taxi for a living
    camionero
    someone who drives a truck as an occupation
    type of:
    agente causal, causa
    any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
  3. noun
    the person who operates the projector in a movie house
    synonyms: cabinista, proyectista
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    type of:
    oficial
    a worker who has acquired special skills
  4. noun
    (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
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    operador lineal
    an operator that obeys the distributive law: A(f+g) = Af + Ag (where f and g are functions)
    identidad
    an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
    type of:
    función
    (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
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