operation
(Engels)
- (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.
- (countable) A planned undertaking.
- (countable) A business or organization.
- (countable) A surgical procedure.
- (countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- (countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- (countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
- (countable, obsolete) Effect produced; influence.
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Etimologie (Engels)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera Latin -ātus Latin operātus Latin operor Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation 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.
Related words
surgical operation
military operation
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