Operation
[ɒpə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɑpə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); 'her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); 'it was a joint operation of the navy and air force'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) (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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) the state of being in effect or being operative; 'that rule is no longer in operation'.
Typed by Ferris--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
(n.) The method of working; mode of action.
(n.) That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.
(n.) Effect produced; influence.
(n.) Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.
(n.) 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.
Checker: Prudence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Action, agency, force, influence, effect.[2]. Performance, procedure, process, proceeding, manipulation.[3]. Movement, motion, manœuvre.
Checked by Eli
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Agency, action, exercise, production, influence, performance
ANT:Cessation, inaction, rest, inoperativeness, inefficacy, inefficiency,misoperation
Checked by Archie
Examples
- The list would be too long to simply name all the ingenious machines there exhibited and subsequently invented for every important operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When the cranes or other apparatus to be worked thereby are in operation, water is passed from the cylinder through a small pipe which actuates the crane through hydraulic pressure. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The want of relation in the ideas breaks the relation of the impressions, and by such a separation prevents their mutual operation and influence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The instrument may be made before the laws which govern its operation are discovered. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Byllesby and the late Luther Stieringer, was completed and in operation within six weeks after the placing of the order. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In 1882, however, a machine for doing this was invented, thereby dispensing with the old hand method and cheapening the operation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But immediately afterwards the armature springs backward and makes contact at _P_ and the entire operation is repeated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Its operation in both these respects is a good deal superior to that of the capital of the retailer. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is proposed to work as a unit plant for successful operation at least six sets of molds, to keep the men busy and the machinery going. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The engineering establishment of Mr. Hall, at Dartford, in Kent, was selected as best adapted for the purpose of making the machinery and for carrying the plans into operation. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- For that is a contradiction in terms, and suppose that the senses continue to operate, even after they have ceased all manner of operation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The diagram, Fig. 12,[1] illustrates the operation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The operation is novel, not the materials out of which it is constructed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Then add gradually about nine ounces of the orange-flower water, stirring constantly, continuing this operation until a fine, creamy emulsion is the result. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- During the progress of the ore-milling work at Edison, it became desirable to carry on a certain operation by some special machinery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the second method both operations are performed on a single machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is necessary that this drawing be made in four operations; the first and second are particularly interesting, on account of their depths, which are 5-1/2 and 9-3/16 inches, respectively. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Your army will cheerfully suffer many privations to break up Hood's army and render it useless for future operations. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This we have now been doing for some time, and in order to help us in our operations we erected a hydraulic press. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Probably he had to look after her camels or help in her trading operations; and he is said to have travelled with caravans to the Yemen and to Syria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- While at Cairo I had watched with very great interest the operations of the Army of the Potomac, looking upon that as the main field of the war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The report from Sheridan embraced his operations up to his passing the outer defences of Richmond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Their surgeons understood the use of an?sthetics, and performed some of the most difficult operations known. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Believing, however, in the practicability of capturing Richmond unless it was reinforced, I made that the objective point of his operations. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Our casualties during these operations amounted to 394 killed, I,554 wounded and 324 missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But the revenue of idle people, considered as a class or order, cannot, in the smallest degree, be increased by those operations of banking. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The action and reaction thus constantly at work, tend to give accelerating impulse to invention, and are continually enlarging its sphere of operations. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Our operations may be summed up in a few words. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We have nothing but one single dye to contemplate, in order to comprehend one of the most curious operations of the understanding. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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