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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Operation \Op`er*a"tion\, n. [L. operatio: cf. F. op['e]ration.] 1. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. [1913 Webster] The pain and sickness caused by manna are the effects of its operation on the stomach. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. The method of working; mode of action. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations. [1913 Webster] 4. Effect produced; influence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The bards . . . had great operation on the vulgar. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 5. (Math.) Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities or mathematical objects, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols. [1913 Webster] 6. (Surg.) 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. [1913 Webster] {Calculus of operations}. See under {Calculus}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: operation n 1: the state of being in effect or being operative; "that rule is no longer in operation" 2: 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" 3: 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" 4: (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" 5: activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force" [syn: {operation}, {military operation}] 6: 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" [syn: {operation}, {surgery}, {surgical operation}, {surgical procedure}, {surgical process}] 7: 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" [syn: {operation}, {procedure}] 8: 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" [syn: {operation}, {functioning}, {performance}] 9: (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering" [syn: {process}, {cognitive process}, {mental process}, {operation}, {cognitive operation}] 10: (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic" [syn: {mathematical process}, {mathematical operation}, {operation}] 11: the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride" From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: operation operation; surgical operation From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Operation /oːpəratsiːoːn/ operation; surgery From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: operation operation; surgicaloperation