Definizione monolingua

operation

operation (plural operations)

1. The method by which a device performs its function.

   It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.

2. The method or practice by which actions are done.
3. A planned undertaking.

   The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.

   The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.

4. A business or organization.

   We run our operation from a storefront.

   They run a multinational produce-supply operation.

5. (medicine) a surgical procedure.

   She had an operation to remove her appendix.

6. (mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands; the value for any particular operands is unique)
7. (military) a military campaign (w:Operation Desert Storm)

Definizione dizionario operation

	operazione
	method by which a device performs its function
	method or practice by which actions are done
	surgical procedure
	procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
	military campaign
	The method by which a device performs its function.
	A surgical procedure.
	In mathematics, an action performed on a set of entities that produces a new entity. Examples of mathematical operations are addition and subtraction.

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Altri significati:

The method or practice by which actions are done.

A planned undertaking.

(military) a military campaign ( '''w:Operation Desert Storm''' )

(mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands; the value for any particular operands is unique)

(surgical) operation

operation (of trains)

(medicine) a surgical procedure.

A business or organization.

operation (of machine)