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operation

Definition:

(nou) the state of being in effect or being operative (nou) a business especially one run on a large scale (nou) a planned activity involving many people performing various actions (nou) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) (nou) activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) (nou) a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (nou) a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work (nou) process or manner of functioning or operating (nou) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents (nou) calculation by mathematical methods (nou) the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)

Phonetic Transcription:

ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən

Examples:

The three main areas of operation is sport, wellness and home health.

They will conduct a special operation to seize and impound rogue animals roving in the heart of town.

Operation of the clutch is prevented during the clipping operation.

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