operation
- noun
- /ˌɑːpəˈreɪʃən/
- Storage cost is a hidden cost to the operation that viewers often don't see.
- mode of operation
- hours of operation
- operation and maintenance
So we asked him how, how are operations determined?
- So we asked him how, how are operations determined?
- Because its underlying operations are much faster, right?
- If you're, if one of your methods of operation is to lie, then you're just testing me.
Examples
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The power plant was ready for operation, including the fuel rods.
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The human central nervous system controls the operation of organs and other body functions.
Academic text (2012) -
So we're sort of seeing some of that go into operation here way down the road.
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Information about and insight into the operations of Swedish libraries are not easily accessible.
Academic text (2015) -
The majority of filtration systems in operation have multiple stages, and each stage should be defined.
Academic text (2011) -
The next step was to begin a full-scale operation to define the project's operational feasibility.
Academic text (1999) -
When it detects unsafe conditions, it prohibits the operation of affected valves and sounds an alarm.
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The human central nervous system controls the operation of organs and other body functions.
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The power plant was ready for operation, including the fuel rods.
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The operation of the conveyor is much more art than science.
Synonyms
How well a machine or system works
The things a device or program can do
The way something works or operates
The parts inside a machine or system that make it run
Idioms
Compounds
Secret work by police or agents who hide their identity to gather evidence
- Specialized
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
- Archaic
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
- Formal
A secret activity planned and done to stay hidden, often by spies or soldiers
- Specialized
A medical treatment where a doctor makes a cut to fix, remove, or replace a part of the body
- Specialized
A military action that tries to change what people think or feel
- Jargon
A secret action that hides who did it, often for political or military reasons
- Specialized
A military action that lands soldiers from ships onto a shore
- Specialized
A calculation that uses numbers with decimals often done by a computer
- Specialized
A calculation with numbers like adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing
- Specialized
A calculation in math like adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing numbers
- Specialized
An operation with two inputs that gives a true or false result
- Specialized
A rule that combines two values into one result, like addition or AND
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A mental process that changes information, like thinking or remembering
- Specialized
A military action done together by two or more allied countries using land, sea, and air forces
- Specialized
An action that starts, changes, or stops a device working with data
- Specialized
An action that runs without waiting for other tasks so the program keeps working
- Specialized
A task performed by equipment outside the main computer, for example a printer or external drive
- Specialized
A secret action to take someone to safety from a dangerous area
- Specialized
A secret action to send data out of a computer or network to steal it
- Specialized
An action that runs for a set number of regular time steps in machines or computers
- Specialized
A rule that gives 1 when more than half the inputs are 1 and 0 otherwise
- NSFW
An attack where someone blows themselves up to kill or hurt others for a cause
A large American attack in World War I that helped push back German soldiers
- Specialized
A math or programming action that takes only one input, like negation
- Specialized
A way of doing two or more tasks at the same time by sharing resources
- Specialized
An operation that sews the lower part of the womb closed during pregnancy to prevent early birth
- Specialized
Organized effort to recover data and restart computer systems after a computer attack or failure
- Formal
Actions that police or soldiers take to stop and control a violent crowd during a riot
- Offensive
An attack in which a person kills or injures others and also dies, usually using a bomb
- Specialized
An action done by equipment not connected to or controlled by the main computer
- Specialized
An activity by military or intelligence groups done openly, not secretly
- Specialized
Doing more than one task at the same time on computers or machines
- Specialized
Tasks happen one after another, each starting after the last finishes
- Specialized
An operation that follows a regular clock so events happen at expected times
- Specialized
A process that checks values against a set level and marks which values meet it
- Specialized
A surgical operation that puts a stitch around the cervix to stop it opening too early in pregnancy
- Specialized
A training activity where soldiers rehearse battle actions in realistic conditions without real fighting
- Formal
A planned military action with clear goals that is often secret
How Functional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Operation comes from the Latin verb operari, meaning 'to work', the same root as operate. So the operation of a machine is simply how it 'works'.