operation
Definition of
operation
:
the
state
of
being
in
effect
or
being
operative
;
"that
rule
is
no
longer
in
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
"
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
"
(
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
"
activity
by
a
military
or
naval
force
(
as
a
maneuver
or
campaign
);
"
it
was
a
joint
operation
of the
navy
and
air
force
"
a
medical
procedure
involving
an
incision
with instruments; performed 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
"
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
"
process
or
manner
of
functioning
or
operating
;
"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"
(
psychology
) the
performance
of
some
composite
cognitive
activity
;
an
operation
that affects
mental
contents
;
"the
process
of
thinking
"
;
"the
cognitive
operation
of
remembering
"
(
mathematics
)
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
"
the
activity
of
operating
something (
a
machine
or
business
etc.);
"her
smooth
operation
of the
vehicle
gave
us
a
surprisingly
comfortable
ride
"
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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