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Grep of noun operation amphibious operation arithmetic operation asynchronous operation auxiliary operation binary arithmetic operation binary operation boolean operation clandestine operation cognitive operation computer operation concurrent operation consecutive operation control operation cooperation covert operation dyadic operation field of operation fixed-cycle operation floating-point operation intelligence operation logic operation logical operation machine operation majority operation mathematical operation matrix operation meuse-argonne operation military operation monadic operation multiplex operation off-line operation operation operation code operation desert storm operational casualty operational damage operationalism operations operations research overt operation parallel operation printing operation purse-string operation real-time operation rescue operation sequential operation serial operation shirodkar's operation simulated military operation simultaneous operation surgical operation synchronous operation threshold operation unary operation Overview of noun operation The noun operation has 10 senses (first 10 from tagged texts) 1. (439) 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") 2. (276) operation -- (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") 3. (117) operation, procedure -- (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") 4. (99) operation -- (the state of being in effect or being operative; "that rule is no longer in operation") 5. (80) operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a therapeutic procedure with instruments 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") 6. (66) operation, military operation -- (a military or naval action (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force") 7. (19) operation -- ((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") 8. (10) operation, functioning, performance -- (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") 9. (6) mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation -- (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") 10. (4) process, cognitive process, operation, cognitive operation, act -- (the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the act of remembering") Grep of adj operation in operation operational operationalist Overview of noun operation The noun operation has 10 senses (first 10 from tagged texts) 1. (439) 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") 2. (276) operation -- (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") 3. (117) operation, procedure -- (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") 4. (99) operation -- (the state of being in effect or being operative; "that rule is no longer in operation") 5. (80) operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a therapeutic procedure with instruments 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") 6. (66) operation, military operation -- (a military or naval action (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force") 7. (19) operation -- ((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") 8. (10) operation, functioning, performance -- (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") 9. (6) mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation -- (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") 10. (4) process, cognitive process, operation, cognitive operation, act -- (the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the act of remembering")
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