Operant: alternatives and connections

Operative surgery.

Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a…

Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or app…

To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present its…

Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming.

Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an ef…

Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.

Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; cha…

Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative

In an operative manner.

relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical pro…

Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent.