Definition of operation

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Operation (n.) The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral..

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Consciousness :: Consciousness (n.) The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc..
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2..
Napier''s Rods :: Napier's rods () A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division..
Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae..
Exsiccation :: Exsiccation (n.) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc..
Elaborate :: Elaborate (v. t.) To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work..
Osteoclasis :: Osteoclasis (n.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.
Melioration :: Melioration (n.) The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement..
Esophagotomy :: Esophagotomy (n.) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage..
Facility :: Facility (n.) The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation..
Distillation :: Distillation (n.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam..
Tarsectomy :: Tarsectomy (n.) The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.
Purification :: Purification (n.) The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals..
Amputation :: Amputation (n.) The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
Trachelorrhaphy :: Trachelorrhaphy (n.) The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit..
Operation :: Operation (n.) Effect produced; influence.
Run :: Run (n.) That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard..
Belong :: Belong (v. i.) To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town..
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