operation

Meanings

Plural: operations

Noun

• the state of being in effect or being operative
  • "that rule is no longer in operation"
• 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"
• 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"
• (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"
• activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
  • "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
• 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"
• 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"
• process or manner of functioning or operating
  • "the power of its engine determines its operation"
  • "the plane's operation in high winds"
• (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
  • "the cognitive operation of remembering"
• (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
  • "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"
• the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
  • "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"
• The method by which a device performs its function.
• The method or practice by which actions are done.
• The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
• A planned undertaking.
• A business or organization.
• A surgical procedure.
• A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
• A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
• A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
• A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
• Effect produced; influence.

Synonyms

cognitive operation, cognitive process, function, functioning, mathematical operation, mathematical process, mental process, military operation, operating, performance, procedure, process, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, transformation

Related Words

opera, operable, operand, operant, operate, operational, operative, operator, opus