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nounactivity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
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nouna process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
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noun(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methodstype of:
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nouna medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living bodytype of:
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nounprocess or manner of functioning or operating
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noun(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
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nouna business especially one run on a large scaletype of:
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nouna planned activity involving many people performing various actionstype of:
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noun(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)type of:
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nounthe activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)type of:
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nounthe state of being in effect or being operativetype of:
Examples of operation
- "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
- "the operations in building a house"
- "certain machine tool operations"
- "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"
- "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"
- "the power of its engine determines its operation"
- "the plane's operation in high winds"
- "the cognitive operation of remembering"
- "a large-scale farming operation"
- "a multinational operation"
- "they paid taxes on every stage of the operation"
- "they had to consolidate their operations"
- "they organized a rescue operation"
- "the biggest police operation in French history"
- "running a restaurant is quite an operation"
- "consolidate the companies various operations"
- "it can perform millions of operations per second"
- "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"
- "that rule is no longer in operation"