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What is the adjective for operants?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs operate, operationalize and operationalise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

operative
  1. Effectual or important.
  2. Functional, in working order.
  3. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
  4. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
  5. Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The latter question would depend upon the question as to whether the parole is still effective, whether it is still operative or not.”
      “The rule of taxation of the grants is defined under the operative laws of Georgia.”
      “He was a human being, not some glorified governmental mop-pushing automaton. The operative word being "mop-pushing".”
operational
  1. Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
  2. Functioning and ready for use.
  3. Effective or operative.
  4. Determined by means of practical measures.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “With only two lifts operational at any one time and 12 floors to service, the wait intervals drove many to the stairs.”
      “Before these radars can become operational, the air force can use a medium-range unit with a range of 1,000 km.”
      “The operational sorties in the north switched to training sorties in the south.”
operable
  1. Able to be operated or used
  2. Able to be put into operation; practicable
  3. Able to be treated by surgery
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The newly installed machinery is operable and meets all the necessary requirements for efficient production.”
      “After days of repairs, the broken computer was finally operable again, allowing us to resume our work.”
      “The technical issue with the computer was easily operable after a simple software update.”
operating
  1. In operation; that operates.
  2. Involved in an operation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The capacity of the operating machinery is based upon a normal operating pressure of about 260 pounds per square inch.”
      “It may be in the operating manager's mind to get rid of a difficult employee, but to do it within the rules.”
operationalizable
  1. Possible to operationalize; subject to operationalization.
operatorless
  1. Without an operator (person who operates); fully automatic.
operationalisable
  1. Alternative spelling of operationalizable
operant
  1. That operates to produce an effect.
operationalistic
  1. Of or pertaining to operationalism.
operated
  1. (in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy
operatorial
  1. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to an operator
operatable
  1. Alternative form of operable
operadic
  1. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to operads.
operationalized
operationalizing
operationalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of operationalise
operationalising
  1. present participle of operationalise
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