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operation
[ op-uh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- the state of being operative (usually preceded by in or into ):
a rule no longer in operation.
- the power to act; efficacy, influence, or force.
- the exertion of force, power, or influence; agency:
the operation of alcohol on the mind.
- a process of a practical or mechanical nature in some form of work or production:
a delicate operation in watchmaking.
- a course or procedure of productive or industrial activity:
building operations.
- a particular process or course:
mental operations.
- a business transaction, especially one of a speculative nature; deal:
a shady operation.
- a business, especially one run on a large scale:
a multinational operation.
- Surgery. a procedure aimed at restoring or improving the health of a patient, as by correcting a malformation, removing diseased parts, implanting new parts, etc.
- Mathematics.
- a mathematical process, as addition, multiplication, or differentiation.
- the action of applying a mathematical process to a quantity or quantities.
- Computers. any discrete activity or action that is performed by a computer, as reading, writing, processing, sending, or receiving data:
The http request operation has timed out.
- Military.
- a campaign, mission, maneuver, or action.
- Usually operations. the conduct of a campaign, mission, etc.
- operations, a headquarters, office, or place from which a military campaign, air traffic to and from an airfield, or any of various other activities, is planned, conducted, and controlled.
- operations, the people who work at such a headquarters.
operation
/ ˌɒəˈɪʃə /
noun
- the act, process, or manner of operating
- the state of being in effect, in action, or operative (esp in the phrases in or into operation )
- a process, method, or series of acts, esp of a practical or mechanical nature
- surgery any manipulation of the body or one of its organs or parts to repair damage, arrest the progress of a disease, remove foreign matter, etc
- a military or naval action, such as a campaign, manoeuvre, etc
- ( capital and prenominal when part of a name )
Operation Crossbow
- maths
- any procedure, such as addition, multiplication, involution, or differentiation, in which one or more numbers or quantities are operated upon according to specific rules
- a function from a set onto itself
- a commercial or financial transaction
operation
/ ŏ′ə-′ə /
- Medicine.A surgical procedure for remedying an injury, ailment, defect, or dysfunction.
- Mathematics.A process or action, such as addition, substitution, transposition, or differentiation, performed in a specified sequence and in accordance with specific rules.
- A logical operation.
- Computer Science.An action resulting from a single instruction.
Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of operation1
Example Sentences
But that profit gets whittled away once you add in the cost of other business operations.
He had a tracheotomy operation, affecting his voice and making it difficult to speak.
But when Totone learns that his region’s Gruyère-like specialty can land a 30,000-euro payday from a contest, he’s spurred, with his friends’ help, to revive his family’s operation and make a prizewinning Comté cheese.
These agents aim to subtly and slowly make key figures amenable to the aims of the CCP in a long-term operation often referred to as "elite capture".
Now, as he described it, he’s an “ideas guy” within the B45 operation, using his knowledge of getting hitters out over a 10-year MLB career to innovate improvements to what they swing at the plate.
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