Thesaurus: operation

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1. n. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
2. n. The method of working; mode of action.
3. n. That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.
4. n. Effect produced; influence.
5. n. Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.
6. n. 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.
7. n. the state of being in effect or being operative
8. n. a business especially one run on a large scale
9. n. a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
10. n. (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
11. n. activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
12. n. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body