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performator en · NOUN

Etymology

From perform + -ator.

Meanings

1. (empty-gloss, no-gloss, uncommon) (uncommon)
   • So firm was the osseous matter, that the performator could not be introduced by any safe force. 1857, Buffalo: Steam Press of Thomas and Lathrops (publisher), Buffalo Medical Journal and Monthly Review, Volume 12, page 751:
   • Following Gethmann (1979, 85), we will call these signs performators and prefix them to the respective sentences. 2013, G. Peter, G. Preyer, M. Ulkan (editors), Concepts of Meaning, Framing an Integrated Theory of Linguistic Behavior, page 123:
   • In such a way, the performator attached with the sensors can capture his/her movement conveniently. 1997, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Swiss National Research Foundation, Université de Genève, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (contributors), Computer Animation '97, June 5-6, 1997, Geneva, Switzerland, page 83:

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