operation
Pronunciation: /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
The English word “operation” has 10 meanings listed here.
noun
- The method by which a device performs its function.
- The method or practice by which actions are done.
- The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- A planned undertaking.
- A business or organization.
- A surgical procedure.
- A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
- A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
- Effect produced; influence.
Etymology
From Middle English operacioun, from Old French operacion, from Latin operātiō, from the verb operor (“to work”), from opus, operis (“work”). Equivalent to operate + -ion.
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