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-person singular future passive imperative of mūtō
  2. 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
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