operation
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Sense 1 noun
the state of being in effect or being operative
that rule is no longer in operation
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Sense 2 noun
a business especially one run on a large scale
a large-scale farming operation
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Sense 3 noun
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
they organized a rescue operation
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Sense 4 noun
(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
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- data processing
- memory access
- asynchronous operation
- auxiliary operation
- boolean operation
- computer operation
- concurrent operation
- control operation
- dyadic operation
- fixed-cycle operation
- logic operation
- monadic operation
- multiplex operation
- parallel operation
- printing operation
- lookup
- serial operation
- sorting
- synchronous operation
- threshold operation
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Sense 5 noun
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
it was a joint operation of the navy and air force
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Sense 6 noun
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
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- medical procedure
- catheterization
- extirpation
- amputation
- angioplasty
- arthroplasty
- arthroscopy
- brain surgery
- castration
- cauterization
- chemosurgery
- craniotomy
- cryosurgery
- curettage
- debridement
- decortication
- dilation and curettage
- electrosurgery
- enterostomy
- enucleation
- wrong-site surgery
- evisceration
- exenteration
- eye operation
- fenestration
- gastrectomy
- gastroenterostomy
- gastrostomy
- heart surgery
- hemorrhoidectomy
- hysterotomy
- implantation
- intestinal bypass
- jejunostomy
- major surgery
- microsurgery
- minor surgery
- myotomy
- myringectomy
- myringoplasty
- myringotomy
- neurosurgery
- orchiopexy
- osteotomy
- ostomy
- palatopharyngoplasty
- phlebectomy
- photocoagulation
- plastic surgery
- polypectomy
- resection
- rhinotomy
- rhizotomy
- sex-change operation
- Shirodkar's operation
- sterilization
- strabotomy
- taxis
- tracheostomy
- transplantation
- trephination
- tympanoplasty
- uranoplasty
- vasovasostomy
- vivisection
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Sense 7 noun
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
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Sense 8 noun
process or manner of functioning or operating
the power of its engine determines its operation
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Sense 9 noun
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
the process of thinking
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Sense 10 noun
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation
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Sense 11 noun
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mesh |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | activeness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | commission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | running |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | idle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | operate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | business activity |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rescue operation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | undercover operation |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | data processing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | memory access |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | asynchronous operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | auxiliary operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | boolean operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | computer operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | concurrent operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | control operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dyadic operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fixed-cycle operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | logic operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | monadic operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | multiplex operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | parallel operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | printing operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lookup |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | serial operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sorting |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | synchronous operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | threshold operation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | maneuver |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | combined operation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | maneuver |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | military campaign |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | naval campaign |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | military mission |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | reinforcement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | attack |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | offence |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | peacekeeping |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | amphibious operation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | information gathering |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychological operation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | covert operation |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Argonne |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Operation Desert Storm |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | operate on |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | operative |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | surgery |
| 6 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | freeze |
| 6 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | suction |
| 6 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | decorticate |
| 6 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | ablate |
| 6 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | hypophysectomize |
| 6 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | trepan |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hemostasis |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | surgical incision |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | suturing |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | medical procedure |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | catheterization |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | extirpation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | amputation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | angioplasty |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | arthroplasty |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | arthroscopy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | brain surgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | castration |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cauterization |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemosurgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | craniotomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cryosurgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | curettage |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | debridement |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | decortication |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | dilation and curettage |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrosurgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | enterostomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | enucleation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrong-site surgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | evisceration |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | exenteration |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | eye operation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fenestration |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | gastrectomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | gastroenterostomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | gastrostomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | heart surgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | hemorrhoidectomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | hysterotomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | implantation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | intestinal bypass |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | jejunostomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | major surgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | microsurgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | minor surgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | myotomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | myringectomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | myringoplasty |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | myringotomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | neurosurgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | orchiopexy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | osteotomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | ostomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | palatopharyngoplasty |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | phlebectomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | photocoagulation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | plastic surgery |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | polypectomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | resection |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhinotomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhizotomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex-change operation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shirodkar's operation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sterilization |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | strabotomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | taxis |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tracheostomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | transplantation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | trephination |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tympanoplasty |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | uranoplasty |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | vasovasostomy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | vivisection |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | function |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | procedural |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | function |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical process |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | operate |
| 9 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychology |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognition |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | basic cognitive process |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | higher cognitive process |
| 10 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mathematics |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | calculation |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | permutation |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | combination |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | differentiation |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | maximization |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | integration |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | exponentiation |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | arithmetic operation |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | matrix operation |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | construction |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | relaxation method |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | control |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | mesh |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | operate |
| 11 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |