performator

English

Etymology

From perform +‎ -ator.

Noun

performator (plural performators)

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    • 1857, Buffalo: Steam Press of Thomas and Lathrops (publisher), Buffalo Medical Journal and Monthly Review, Volume 12, page 751:
      So firm was the osseous matter, that the performator could not be introduced by any safe force.
    • 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:
      In such a way, the performator attached with the sensors can capture his/her movement conveniently.
    • 2013, G. Peter, G. Preyer, M. Ulkan (editors), Concepts of Meaning, Framing an Integrated Theory of Linguistic Behavior, page 123:
      Following Gethmann (1979, 85), we will call these signs performators and prefix them to the respective sentences.
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