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operation

operation

8 6.1
A mental process used for thinking or solving problems
  • noun
  • /ˌɑpəˈreɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : operación mental
  • Further, religion affects individual personality characteristics through the operation of social norms adopted because of religious teachings.
  • mental operation
  • cognitive operation
  • formal operations

The action of the nothing is thereby also prior to the logical intellectual operation of negation.

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Examples

  • Subsequent research should focus more directly on the cognitive operations of perfectionists when confronted with negative experiences.

    Academic text (1995)
  • It's the different fields and approaches with which you start to study the mind actually take you away from the natural operation of the mind.

  • The question calls for the operation of the officer's mind.

  • The self can prevent or compel its own actions due to the operation of what?

  • We are all, we all need to be self consciously humble about how little it is we know about the total operation of the system.

  • After a protracted investigation, the detective's rational operations invariably solve the crime.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The De La Paz and Graham strategy centered on two sets of mental operations encapsulated in the mnemonics STOP and DARE.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Understanding, therefore, designates the operation in which the mind grasps the "mind" (Geist) of the other person.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The psychologist studied the operation of memory and how it affects behavior.

  • Understanding the operation of attention is crucial in cognitive psychology.

Synonyms

process
vsoperation
2.7

A series of actions to achieve a result over time

refers specifically to a composite mind activity studied in psychology
mental process
vsoperation
  • Specialized
3 4.2

A brain activity like thinking, remembering, or deciding

is a composite mental act studied in psychology
cognitive process
vsoperation
  • Specialized
2 4.4

A mental activity such as thinking, remembering, or learning

focuses on complex combined mental acts rather than single activities
cognitive operation
vsoperation
  • Specialized
6.4

A mental process that changes information, like thinking or remembering

emphasizes combined cognitive activity, not only information manipulation

Antonyms

12 3.5

A period of time with no movement or action

9 6.3

Accepting things without trying to change them

Idioms

24 3.2

Working now and serving its purpose

Compounds

A planned action by armed forces to achieve a goal

A secret police plan to trick people so they commit a crime and get arrested

A secret action by a government or army to avoid being noticed

Organized effort to save people who are trapped or in danger

Secret work by police or agents who hide their identity to gather evidence

8 4.9

A secret activity by a government to gather information about an enemy or threat

A military mission to stop fighting and make an area calm between groups or countries

6 5.7

Medical treatment with surgery and hormones that helps a person live as a different gender

A US-led military attack in 1991 that quickly forced Iraq's army out of Kuwait

3 7.7

A secret activity planned and done to stay hidden, often by spies or soldiers

surgical operation
  • Specialized
2 3.0

A medical treatment where a doctor makes a cut to fix, remove, or replace a part of the body

2 8.4

A military action that tries to change what people think or feel

1 8.4

A secret action that hides who did it, often for political or military reasons

amphibious operation
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A military action that lands soldiers from ships onto a shore

eye operation
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A surgery on the eye to fix vision or treat eye problems

1 6.8

A calculation that uses numbers with decimals often done by a computer

concurrent operation
  • Specialized
1 5.6

Two or more actions that happen at the same time

arithmetic operation
  • Specialized
1 3.3

A calculation with numbers like adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing

1 3.2

A calculation in math like adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing numbers

A business or group that is small and badly run

strategic operation
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A carefully planned military action to reach long-term goals

4.2

An operation with two inputs that gives a true or false result

binary operation
  • Specialized
6.5

A rule that combines two values into one result, like addition or AND

Boolean operation
  • Specialized
5.7

A rule that uses true and false inputs to give a true or false result like AND, OR, NOT

A police action in which officers pretend to buy illegal drugs to arrest sellers

cognitive operation
  • Specialized
6.4

A mental process that changes information, like thinking or remembering

computer operation
  • Specialized
3.9

A basic action a computer does, like adding or comparing numbers

combined operation
  • Specialized
7.4

A military action done together by two or more allied countries using land, sea, and air forces

control operation
  • Specialized
5.8

An action that starts, changes, or stops a device working with data

consecutive operation
  • Specialized
6.2

A series of tasks done one after another without overlap

dyadic operation
  • Specialized
8.8

A way of combining two things to give one result

7.0

An action that runs without waiting for other tasks so the program keeps working

auxiliary operation
  • Specialized
7.9

A task performed by equipment outside the main computer, for example a printer or external drive

9.9

A secret action to take someone to safety from a dangerous area

9.0

A secret action to send data out of a computer or network to steal it

fixed-cycle operation
  • Specialized
6.7

An action that runs for a set number of regular time steps in machines or computers

4.2

An action that follows fixed rules to give true or false results

logic operation
  • Specialized
3.7

A rule that combines true and false values like AND or OR

machine operation
  • Specialized
3.4

A basic task a computer or machine does as part of its program

majority operation
  • Specialized
8.7

A rule that gives 1 when more than half the inputs are 1 and 0 otherwise

9.9

An attack where someone blows themselves up to kill or hurt others for a cause

matrix operation
  • Specialized
5.9

A calculation that uses matrices like adding or multiplying them

A large American attack in World War I that helped push back German soldiers

monadic operation
  • Specialized
9.4

A math or programming action that takes only one input, like negation

multiplex operation
  • Specialized
7.0

A way of doing two or more tasks at the same time by sharing resources

An action a computer does to make paper copies of a document

9.6

An operation that sews the lower part of the womb closed during pregnancy to prevent early birth

real-time operation
  • Specialized
3.8

Handling data fast enough to keep up with things as they happen

rescue operation
  • Specialized
3.6

Organized effort to recover data and restart computer systems after a computer attack or failure

Actions that police or soldiers take to stop and control a violent crowd during a riot

9.9

An attack in which a person kills or injures others and also dies, usually using a bomb

off-line operation
  • Specialized
6.4

An action done by equipment not connected to or controlled by the main computer

operation code
  • Specialized
5.0

A part of a computer instruction that tells the computer what to do

overt operation
  • Specialized
5.5

An activity by military or intelligence groups done openly, not secretly

parallel operation
  • Specialized
4.9

Doing more than one task at the same time on computers or machines

Actions that follow one another in a fixed order

serial operation
  • Specialized
6.0

Tasks happen one after another, each starting after the last finishes

synchronous operation
  • Specialized
5.9

An operation that follows a regular clock so events happen at expected times

threshold operation
  • Specialized
6.6

A process that checks values against a set level and marks which values meet it

tin-pot operation
  • Offensive
7.9

A small badly run business or group that seems unimportant

Shirodkar's operation
  • Specialized
9.9

A surgical operation that puts a stitch around the cervix to stop it opening too early in pregnancy

A training activity where soldiers rehearse battle actions in realistic conditions without real fighting

Two or more things working at the same time

A planned military action with clear goals that is often secret

unary operation
  • Specialized
7.4

A math or computer action that uses one value

How Complex

operation
  • Specialized
8 6.1
cognitive process
  • Specialized
2 4.4
mental process
  • Specialized
3 4.2

Surface Forms

operation singular
operations plural

Morphology

operation = operate (semi-transparent) = operate + ion

Formed by productive suffixation of '-ion' to the verb 'operate', but the cited sense (a technical psychological process) is somewhat specialized and not fully obvious to an average learner.

Etymology

Operation comes from Latin operari, meaning 'to work', so a mental operation is simply the 'work' the mind does when it thinks, remembers, or solves a problem.