Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of operation is as below...

Triangulation :: Triangulation (n.) The series or network of triangles into which the face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and distances of the several points connected by them..

Gastroelytrotomy :: Gastroelytrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Caesarean operation, and less dangerous..

Facility :: Facility (n.) The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation..

Improperation :: Improperation (n.) The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.

Add :: Add (v. i.) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly..

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas..

Laryngotracheotomy :: Laryngotracheotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing..

Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; -- often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow..

Graft :: Graft (n.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

Coadjument :: Coadjument (n.) Mutual help; cooperation.

Go :: Go (v. i.) To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.

Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.

Hydrometry :: Hydrometry (n.) The art or operation of measuring the velocity or discharge of running water, as in rivers, etc..

Rule :: Rule (a.) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root..

Fund :: Fund (n.) A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc..

Manipular :: Manipular (a.) Manipulatory; as, manipular operations..

Listerism :: Listerism (n.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon..

Exert :: Exert (v. t.) To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice..

Osteoclasis :: Osteoclasis (n.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.

Support :: Support (n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining..

Random Fonts

Most Popular