operation

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Synonyms: oneration, opration, operative, iteration, cooperation, oration, operator, asperation, apertion, operations, toleration

Antonyms: oneration, opration, operative, iteration, cooperation, oration, operator, asperation, apertion, operations, toleration

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The method by which a [[device]] performs its [[function]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[method]] or [[practice]] by which [[actions]] are done.
3. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act or [[process]] of [[operate#Verb|operating]] (verb): [[agency]]; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
4. {{lb|en|countable}} A planned undertaking.
5. {{lb|en|countable}} A business or organization.
6. {{lb|en|countable|medicine}} A [[surgical]] [[procedure]].
7. {{senseid|en|mathematics}} {{lb|en|computing|logic|mathematics|countable}} A [[procedure]] for generating a [[value]] from one or more other values (the [[operand]]s).
8. {{lb|en|military|countable}} A military [[campaign]] (e.g. ''[[w:Operation Desert Storm|Operation Desert Storm]]'').
9. {{lb|en|obsolete|countable}} Effect produced; influence.

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