OPERATION

Operation

The general operation as explained on this page should not be confused with the more specific operators on vector spaces. For a notion in elementary mathematics, see arithmetic operation.

The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Operation (mathematics)
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

operation

Noun

  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. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
  4. A planned undertaking.
    The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
    The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.
  5. A business or organization.
    We run our operation from a storefront.
    They run a multinational produce-supply operation.
  6. a surgical procedure.
    She had an operation to remove her appendix.
  7. a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
  8. a military campaign (e.g. '''')
  9. Effect produced; influence.


The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: operation
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

Need help with a clue?
Try your search in the crossword dictionary!