mutator

English

Etymology

mutate + -or

Noun

mutator (plural mutators)

  1. That which causes mutation or change.
    In object-oriented programming, the mutator function changes the value of the field that gives its name.

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Latin

Verb

mūtātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of mūtō

References

  • mutator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mutator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • mutator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mutateur.

Noun

mutator n (plural mutatoare)

  1. mutator

Declension

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