Definition of operation

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Definition of operation

  • activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) (noun)

    Examples

    1. it was a joint operation of the navy and air force

    Synonyms

    1. military operation
  • a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work (noun)

    Examples

    1. the operations in building a house
    2. certain machine tool operations

    Synonyms

    1. procedure
  • (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods (noun)

    Examples

    1. they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic

    Synonyms

    1. mathematical operation
    2. mathematical process
  • a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (noun)

    Examples

    1. they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available

    Synonyms

    1. surgery
    2. surgical operation
    3. surgical procedure
    4. surgical process
  • process or manner of functioning or operating (noun)

    Examples

    1. the power of its engine determines its operation
    2. the plane's operation in high winds

    Synonyms

    1. functioning
    2. performance
  • (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents (noun)

    Examples

    1. the cognitive operation of remembering

    Synonyms

    1. cognitive operation
    2. cognitive process
    3. mental process
    4. process
  • a business especially one run on a large scale (noun)

    Examples

    1. a large-scale farming operation
    2. a multinational operation
    3. they paid taxes on every stage of the operation
    4. they had to consolidate their operations
  • a planned activity involving many people performing various actions (noun)

    Examples

    1. they organized a rescue operation
    2. the biggest police operation in French history
    3. running a restaurant is quite an operation
    4. 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) (noun)

    Examples

    1. it can perform millions of operations per second
  • the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) (noun)

    Examples

    1. her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride
  • the state of being in effect or being operative (noun)

    Examples

    1. that rule is no longer in operation

See definition of operation in Merriam Webster