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operation
/ˌɑpɚˈeɪʃən/ · 9 letters · 8 distinct letters
- noun
the state of being in effect or being operative
that rule is no longer in operation
- noun
a business especially one run on a large scale
a large scale farming operation
- noun
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
they organized a rescue operation
- noun
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
it can perform millions of operations per second
- noun
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
it was a joint operation of the navy and air force