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| Domain | Definition |
Mining | See:machine miner. (references) |
Occupations | Sets up and operates machine to automatically gather, stitch, and trim folded signatures or flat sheets of paper to form paperbound books, magazines, pamphlets, catalogs, or booklets: Examines work order to determine work instructions. Adjusts feeder pockets to size of folded signatures or flat sheets. Adjusts air pressure pump to separate sheets. Sets stitchers for specified length and thickness of stitch and threads stitching wire into machine. Sets trimmer knives to trim three sides of publication to specified size. Starts machine and makes trial run. Readjusts machine setup if necessary, and regulates machine speed. Takes periodic readings of counter and records number of publications produced or examines samples periodically for defects and records number as indicated on counter to determine when problem occurred. Gives directions to crewmembers engaged in feeding and off bearing activities. May feed and off bear machine. May oil, grease, and clean machine parts and make minor repairs to keep machine in working condition. May be designated according to type of stitching machine operated as Saddle-Stitching-Machine Operator (print. & pub.). May set up and operate machine to apply glue to backs of books prior to trimming and be designated Side-Stitching-Machine Operator (print. & pub.). May set up and operate related stitching machines. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: MACHINE OPERATOR |
| Specialty definitions using "MACHINE OPERATOR": ASSEMBLER, STEAM-AND-GAS TURBINE, AUTOMATIC STACKER ♦ coal interface sensor ♦ entry driver operator ♦ hydraulic jack operator ♦ leadman, turbine assembly, loading-machine runner ♦ mill laborer ♦ pick boy ♦ reel tender, REELING-MACHINE OPERATOR, ROUTER MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ SCREEN-PRINTING-MACHINE-OPERATOR HELPER, skein reeler, skein winder, SUPERVISOR, COREMAKER ♦ TEMPERATURE-CONTROL INSPECTOR, track-moving machine operator ♦ WOODWORKING-SHOP HAND, woodworking-shop laborer. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Conversion. Paper machinery to plane wing parts. A vertical milling machine operator planes aluminum stub wing blocks in the plant of an Eastern paper machinery manufacturer who is also making open naval sights and other war essentials. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "MACHINE OPERATOR": punching machine operator. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "MACHINE OPERATOR": milling-machine operator, sewing-machine operator. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "MACHINE OPERATOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 刨工 (planer, planing, planing machine operator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | maskinpasser (woodworking machine operator), smykkemontoer (chain making machine operator), regnemaskineoperatoer (calculating machine operator), pelsbereder (fleshing machine operator), industribogbinder (bookbinding machine operator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | machinevlezer (fleshing machine operator), viller met de machine (fleshing machine operator), slichter met de machine (fleshing machine operator), kettingmaker (chain making machine operator), industrieel boekbinder (bookbinding machine operator), drukkerijbinder (bookbinding machine operator), bediener van rekenmachines (calculating machine operator), bediener van houtbewerkingsmachines (woodworking machine operator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | opérateur (machinist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | maschinist (engine driver, engineer, machinist), maschinenarbeiter (operative, operator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατασκευαστής καδένων κοσμηματοποιΐας (chain making machine operator), βιβλιοδέτης με μηχανή (bookbinding machine operator), χειριστής ξυλουργικών μηχανών (woodworking machine operator), χειριστής μηχανής καθαρισμού δερμάτων (fleshing machine operator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | macchinista di falegnameria (woodworking machine operator), scarnatore a macchina (fleshing machine operator), operatore su macchine calcolatrici (calculating machine operator), legatore industriale (bookbinding machine operator), catenista orafo (chain making machine operator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "工 (male machine operator, male worker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ""う (breaking offrelations, carry out, collective bargaining, decisive action, male machine operator, male worker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | obbree jeshaght (machinist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | achinemay operatoray mecânico de madeira,em geral (woodworking machine operator), operador de máquina para trabalhar madeira,em geral (woodworking machine operator), operador de máquina de calcular (calculating machine operator), limpador de peles máquina (fleshing machine operator), encadernador mecânico (bookbinding machine operator), descarnador de peles máquina (fleshing machine operator), barbeleiro (chain making machine operator). (various references) maquinista (engine driver, engineer, machinist, motorman, operator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-h-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
-3 letters: intercompare, parathormone. | |
-4 letters: amenorrheic, chiropteran, chronometer, emancipator, hemoprotein, incorporate, metanephric, metanephroi, preromantic, procreation, reoperation. | |
-5 letters: amenorrhea, amphoteric, anamorphic, aphaeretic, archentera, camphorate, catarrhine, charioteer, comparator, crematoria, ctenophore, emancipate, hemipteran, homopteran, importance, maceration, machinator, marathoner, metaphoric, microphone, morphactin, parametric, permeation, permethrin, peroration, phonematic, praetorian, preachment, recreation, reparation, taphonomic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M A C H I N E   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 004E 0045 004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4735374243483924950395235544952 |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Images: Slideshow 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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