operation
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin operari (“to work”), from opus, operis (“work”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˌɒpəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ˌɒpə(ɹ)ˈeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /%Qp@"reIS@n/, /%Qp@(r)"eIS@n/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˌɑːpəˈɹeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /%A:p@"reIS@n/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
[edit] Noun
operation (plural operations)
- The method by which a device performs its function.
- It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.
- The method or practice by which actions are done.
- A planned undertaking.
- The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
- The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.
- A business or organization.
- We run our operation from a storefront.
- They run a multinational produce-supply operation.
- (medicine) a surgical procedure.
- She had an operation to remove her appendix.
- (mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands; the value for any particular operands is unique)
- (military) a military campaign (w:Operation Desert Storm)
[edit] Synonyms
- (mathematics): function
- (mathematics): transformation
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[edit] Translations
method by which a device performs its function
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method or practice by which actions are done
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surgical procedure
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procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
military campaign
[edit] External links
- operation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- operation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
