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noun (plural: operations)
- the method by which a device performs its function. (It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in .)
- the method or practice by which actions are done. (We run our from a storefront.)
- (medicine) a surgical procedure. (She had an to remove her appendix.)
- (mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands; the value for any particular operands is unique)
- (military) a military campaign (w:Operation Desert Storm)
Translations: - Dutch: operatie
- French: opération(fr)f
- German: Operation(de)f
- Italian: operazione(it)f
- Spanish: operación
Etymology: :from Latin operari, to work , from opus, operis, work
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