Another word for operation
Noun
operation - the state of being in effect or being operative
Example:- that rule is no longer in operation
operation - the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
Example:- her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride
functioning, operation, performance - process or manner of functioning or operating
Example:- the power of its engine determines its operation
military operation, operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
Example:- it was a joint operation of the navy and air force
operation, procedure - a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
Example:- the operations in building a house
operation - a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
Example:- they organized a rescue operation
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
Example:- they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
operation - a business especially one run on a large scale
Example:- a large-scale farming operation
cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, operation, process - (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
Example:- the process of thinking
mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation - (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
Example:- the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation
operation - (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
Example:- it can perform millions of operations per second