- operation - 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"
--1 is a kind of business activity, commercial activity
Derived form: verb operate1 - operation - 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"
--2 is a kind of activity
--2 has particulars: rescue operation; undercover operation- operation, procedure - 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"
--3 is a kind of work
Derived form: verb operate2 - operation - the state of being in effect or being operative; "that rule is no longer in operation"
--4 is a kind of action, activity, activeness
--4 has particulars: commission; runningDerived form: verb operate6 - operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process - 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"
--5 is a kind of medical procedure
--5 has parts:
--5 has particulars:hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia; incision, section, surgical incision; suturing Derived form: verb operate7 - operation, military operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
--6 is a kind of activity
--6 has particulars:Derived form: verb operate4 - operation - (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"
--7 is a kind of data processing
--7 has particulars:- operation, functioning, performance - process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determine 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"
--8 is a kind of process
Derived form: verb operate2 - mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation - (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"
--9 is a kind of calculation, computation, computing
--9 has particulars:permutation; combination; differentiation; maximization; integration; exponentiation, involution; arithmetic operation; matrix operation; construction; relaxation, relaxation method - process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation - (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"
--10 is a kind of cognition, knowledge, noesis
--10 has particulars: basic cognitive process; higher cognitive processDerived form: verb operate5 - operation - the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"
--11 is a kind of activity
Derived forms: verb operate1, verb operate6, verb operate3 - operation, procedure - 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"