Operation ¹

Definition: The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

Operation ²

Definition: The method of working; mode of action.

Operation ³

Definition: That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.

Operation ⁴

Definition: Effect produced; influence.

Operation ⁵

Definition: Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.

Operation ⁶

Definition: Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.

operation ⁷

Definition: the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"

operation ⁸

Definition: a planned activity involving many people performing various actions; "they organized a rescue operation"; "the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the companies various operations"

operation ⁹

Definition: a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"

operation ¹⁰

Definition: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"

operation ¹¹

Definition: (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"

operation ¹²

Definition: activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"

operation ¹³

Definition: a business especially one run on a large scale; "a large-scale farming operation"; "a multinational operation"; "they paid taxes on every stage of the operation"; "they had to consolidate their operations"

operation ¹⁴

Definition: (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"

operation ¹⁵

Definition: (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second"

operation ¹⁶

Definition: process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determine its operation"; "the plane''s operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet''s performance conformed to high standards"

operation ¹⁷

Definition: the state of being in effect or being operative; "that rule is no longer in operation"