operation
Definition
- n. the state of being in effect or being operative
- n. a business especially one run on a large scale
- n. a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
- n. (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
Word forms
- Plural
- operations
Example sentences
n.
The doctor explained the operation to the patient before proceeding.
n.
In mathematics, the operation of addition combines two numbers into one.