operation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English operacioun, from Old French operacion, from Latin operātiō, from the verb operor (“I work”), from opus, operis (“work”). Equivalent to operate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɑ.pɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɔp.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌɒp.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/, [ˌɔ̟p.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən] Hyphenation: op‧e‧ra‧tion Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === operation (countable and uncountable, plural operations) (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function. (uncountable) The method or practice by which actions are done. (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. Synonym: operating (noun) (countable) A planned undertaking. (countable) A business or organization. (countable, medicine) A surgical procedure. (computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands). Synonyms: function, transformation (mathematics, more formally, countable) A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value. (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm). (obsolete, countable) Effect produced; influence. ==== Derived terms ==== (business or organization): mission operations ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: オペレーション (operēshon) → Scottish Gaelic: opairèisean ==== Translations ==== === References === operation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Further reading === “operation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “operation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === petronoia == Interlingua == === Noun === operation (plural operationes) operation (surgical procedure) == Middle French == === Noun === operation f (plural operations) function; role === References === “operation”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin operātiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔpɛraˈɧuːn/ === Noun === operation c an operation (planned undertaking) (medicine) an operation (mathematics) an operation (military) an operation ==== Declension ==== === References === operation in Svensk ordbok (SO) operation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) operation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)