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English
Etymology
mutate + -or
Noun
mutator (plural mutators)
- 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
- 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)
- mutator
Declension