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Etymology

:from Latin operari, to work , from opus, operis, work

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/��p��ɹeɪ��n/, SAMPA|/%Qp@"reIS@n/
(General American|US) IPA|/���p��ɹeɪ��n/, SAMPA|/%A:p@"reIS@n/
audio|en-us-operation.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun
operation (plural: operations)

1. the method by which a device performs its function. (It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.)
2. the method or practice by which actions are done. (We run our operation from a storefront.)
3. medicine a surgical procedure. (She had an operation to remove her appendix.)
4. mathematics a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands; the value for any particular operands is unique)
5. military a military campaign (w:Operation Desert Storm)

Translations
trans-top|method by which a device performs its function
Arabic: Arab|ع���ة IPAchar|(�amalīya) f
Bulgarian: t+|bg|дей��вие|n|sc=Cyrl
Chinese: �� (yùnyíng)
Dutch: operatie f
Finnish: t+|fi|toiminta
French: t-|fr|opération|f
German: Betrieb m
Greek: t|el|λει�ο��γία|f|sc=Grek (leitourgía)
Hungarian: működés
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|operazione|f
Japanese: �業 (����, sagy�), �� (���, s�sa)
Korean: �� (jakyong)
Portuguese: operação f
Russian: опе�а�и� (operátsija) f
Spanish: operación f
Swedish: operation c
Welsh: gweithrediad m
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trans-top|method or practice by which actions are done
Finnish: t+|fi|toiminta
French: t-|fr|opération|f
German: Betrieb m
Italian: t+|it|operazione|f
trans-mid
Welsh: gweithrediad m
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trans-top|surgical procedure
Bulgarian: опе�а�и� f
Chinese: �� (sh�ushù)
Czech: t-|cs|operace|f
Finnish: t-|fi|leikkaus, t-|fi|operaatio
French: t-|fr|opération|f
German: t-|de|Operation|f
Greek: εγ�εί�ι�η f, εγ�εί�η�η f
Hebrew: נת�� m
Hungarian: operáció
Italian: t+|it|operazione|f
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (�����, shujutsu)
Korean: �� (susul)
Russian: опе�а�и� (operátsija) f
Spanish: operación f
Welsh: llawdriniaeth f
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trans-top|procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
Bulgarian: опе�а�и� f, дей��вие n
Finnish: t-|fi|operaatio
French: t-|fr|opération|f
Greek: t|el|��άξη|f|sc=Grek (práksi)
German: t-|de|Operation|f
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (����, enzan)
Russian: дей��вие (déjstvije) n
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trans-top|military campaign
Czech: t-|cs|operace|f
Finnish: t-|fi|operaatio
German: t-|de|Operation|f
Greek: t|el|ε�ι�εί�η�η|sc=Grek (epicheírisi)
Hebrew: ��צע m
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (����, sakusen)
Korean: �� (jakjeon)
Russian: дей��вие (déjstvije) n
Welsh: ymgyrch
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Related terms

operable
operand
operator
operate

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