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operations
The method by which a device performs its function.
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noun
The method by which a device performs its function.
The method or practice by which actions are done.
The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
A planned undertaking.
“The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.”
A business or organization.
“They run a multinational produce-supply operation.”
A surgical procedure.
“She had an operation to remove her appendix.”
A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm)
Effect produced; influence.
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The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.
They run a multinational produce-supply operation.
She had an operation to remove her appendix.
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