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operation operation definition

operation


 
  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") 



operation definition