facient

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Operator \Op"er*a`tor\, n. [L.]

1.One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect. [1913 Webster]

2.(Surg.) One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments. [1913 Webster]

3.A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. [Brokers' Cant] [1913 Webster]

4.(Math.) The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also facient. [1913 Webster]

5.A person who operates a telephone switchboard. [PJC]

6.A person who schemes and maneuvers adroitly or deviously to achieve his/her purposes. [PJC]

Facient \Fa"cient\, n. [L. faciens, -- entis, p. pr. of facere to make, do. See Fact.]

1.One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster]

2.(Mach.) (a) One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient. (b) The multiplier. [1913 Webster]

Note: The terms facient, faciend, and factum, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or, in general, any mathematical operation. See Multiplication. [1913 Webster]