<noun.act> 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
<noun.act> 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)
<noun.process> it can perform millions of operations per second
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
<noun.act> 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
<noun.act> 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
<noun.act> the operations in building a house certain machine tool operations
process or manner of functioning or operating
<noun.process> 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
<noun.cognition> the process of thinking the cognitive operation of remembering
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
<noun.act> 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.)
<noun.act> her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride
Operation \Op`er*a"tion\, n. [L. operatio: cf. F. op['e]ration.] 1. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
The pain and sickness caused by manna are the effects of its operation on the stomach. --Locke.
Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection. --Dryden.
2. The method of working; mode of action.
3. That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.
4. Effect produced; influence. [Obs.]
The bards . . . had great operation on the vulgar. --Fuller.
5. (Math.) Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities or mathematical objects, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.
6. (Surg.) Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.
{Calculus of operations}. See under {Calculus}.
Britain today pledged to contribute to a U.S.-organized fund to share costs of the Persian Gulf operation against Iraq, and Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady called the European portion of his fund-raising tour a success.
A ConAgra spokesman said the final agreement probably will include a provision for purchase of the entire Swift operation within four years.
We would tell them, `You are under possible assessment by a foreign intelligence operation.
The White House had moved its entire press operation to the gymnasium of George Washington University six blocks from the White House.
Instead, they described it has a housecleaning measure agreed upon after Presser underwent a heart bypass operation in late 1983 to assure that control of the union remained with officials at its international headquarters in Washington.
Having reconciled himself to the operation in Cuba that he formerly had opposed, Mr. Schlesinger tried to insulate the president if perchance something went awry.
The same can hardly be said for Finmeccanica. The company has thoroughly restructured its activities since the days when it was best known for its loss-making Alfa Romeo cars operation, sold to Fiat in 1986.
Control Data Corp. and Unisys Corp., which has a big operation here, have laid off almost 10,000 employees during the past five years.
Meanwhile, William Bennett, President Bush's drug czar, said the Colombian drug operation has been severely disrupted even if the top kingpins have eluded capture.
A second person who ate poisonous mushrooms at a dinner party underwent a liver transplant operation Friday, and another person was awaiting a donor.
Coordination is to extend to zones of operation, task sharing, logistical support and information exchanges, according to a final communique.
Mr. Busti said he left Columbia because he was dissatisfied "with the scope of the operation" and that the Reliance offer reppresented "a better opportunity."
"Working this operation" with the FBI, she replied.
If Poland had equipment using Western microprocessors, the whole operation could fit into a single room, said Janusz Cienecki, the engineer in charge of the center.
The legislation would continue to fund construction of some 400 dams and harbor and irrigation projects where work has begun, and maintain hundreds of others already in operation.
The FNFC issue of convertible preference shares, a rescue operation, came as the consumer credit company announced a Pounds 32m pre-tax loss for the year. This, at least, was fact rather than rumour.
Kirkham said he never intended to run the business illegally. But his struggling operation was derailed when the sand-hauling truck he used to subsidize the fledgling waste-hauling business was wrecked.
Although he wouldn't specify the size of the order, he said it "wasn't beyond the range of an ordinary operation," adding that 200 to 300 contracts isn't unusual.
Yet you must perform the preliminary phase of the operation with some degree of dedication or you will pay for it later.
"The boat people, in order to make the operation more difficult, pushed their women and children to the front," said Security Secretary M. Geoffrey Barnes.
To take the case of Atlanta, seven Japanese banks have set up offices in the city since 1983, joining a Bank of Tokyo operation opened in 1977.
The Foreign Office summoned the Iraqi ambassador to inform him of the expulsion but refused to link the action to the alleged smuggling operation.
Ellin said Almaraz told him he was exposed to AIDS when blood from an AIDS patient squirted into his eyes and mouth during an operation in New York about seven years ago.
The Jordanian port of Aqaba is explicitly included in the "primary area of operation" in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Red Sea announced by the Pentagon.
"Obviously, you can assume that he is not well," Slotnick said, but added that Goetz was in good spirits after the operation.
Media General Inc.'s board of directors has rejected an offer by California investor Burt Sugarman to end his takeover bid in exchange for a large share of the company's cable television operation in northern Virginia, Media General officials say.
The urban operation is part of a national military maneuver which now includes actions in 9 of the 14 provinces of the country.
The fiasco over the scheduling of News at Ten highlights in technicolour the unwieldy operation of the ITV network.
General Motors Corp.'s Saturn subsidiary is planning to produce 10 models by 1994 and possibly expand its current one-plant operation, a trade journal said today.
He said Smith assured him the operation would leave his dimples intact.