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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

triggerer en · NOUN

Etymology

From trigger + -er. Attested since the 20th century.

Meanings

  1. One who or that which triggers.
    • Applied to a human being this would for instance mean that to say that someone is influenced by someone else, only refers to the fact that the last person is acting as a triggerer of structural change with regard to the first one, but that the triggerer isn't sure that he can be a triggerer, nor what will be the result of being the triggerer. 1992, G. Vijver, New Perspectives on Cybernetics:

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Synonyms

trigger