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Words with a similar base: cognitive_operation, mathematical_operation, military_operation, operation, surgical_operation

'operation'

[operation.n.01] as in: the state of being in effect or being operative

Examples:
that rule is no longer in operation

'operation'

[operation.n.02] as in: a business especially one run on a large scale

Examples:
a large-scale farming operation
a multinational operation
they paid taxes on every stage of the operation
they had to consolidate their operations

'operation'

[operation.n.03] as in: a planned activity involving many people performing various actions

Examples:
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'

[operation.n.04] as in: (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)

Examples:
it can perform millions of operations per second

'operation'

[operation.n.05] as in: activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)

Examples:
it was a joint operation of the navy and air force

'operation'

[operation.n.06] as in: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

Examples:
they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
he died while undergoing surgery

'operation'

[operation.n.07] as in: a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

Examples:
the operations in building a house
certain machine tool operations

'operation'

[operation.n.08] as in: process or manner of functioning or operating

Examples:
the power of its engine determines 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'

[process.n.02] as in: (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

Examples:
the process of thinking
the cognitive operation of remembering

'operation'

[mathematical_process.n.01] as in: (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods

Examples:
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'

[operation.n.11] as in: the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)

Examples:
her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride

Origins

					operation (English)
└── operatio (Latin)