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Results for: "operation"

Translating from English to Greek

Translations:

operation — surgical procedure
→ εγχείρηση (encheírisi) f
→ χειρουργική (cheirourgikí) f
operation — military campaign
→ επιχείρηση (epicheírisi) f
operation — method by which a device performs its function
→ λειτουργία (leitourgía) f
→ εκμετάλλευση (ekmetállefsi)

More translations:

operation
→ επιχείρηση, διαδικασία
operation
→ λειτουργία, εφαρμογή, ισχύς
operation
→ εγχείριση
operation
→ στρατιωτική επιχείρηση

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (11)

1. the state of being in effect or being operative;
- Example: "that rule is no longer in operation"

2. a business especially one run on a large scale;
- Example: "a large-scale farming operation"
- Example: "a multinational operation"
- Example: "they paid taxes on every stage of the operation"
- Example: "they had to consolidate their operations"

3. a planned activity involving many people performing various actions;
- Example: "they organized a rescue operation"
- Example: "the biggest police operation in French history"
- Example: "running a restaurant is quite an operation"
- Example: "consolidate the companies various operations"

4. (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction);
- Example: "it can perform millions of operations per second"

5. activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign);
- Example: "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
[syn: operation, military operation]

6. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body;
- Example: "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"
- Example: "he died while undergoing surgery"
[syn: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process]

7. a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;
- Example: "the operations in building a house"
- Example: "certain machine tool operations"
[syn: operation, procedure]

8. process or manner of functioning or operating;
- Example: "the power of its engine determines its operation"
- Example: "the plane's operation in high winds"
- Example: "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"
- Example: "the jet's performance conformed to high standards"
[syn: operation, functioning, performance]

9. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;
- Example: "the process of thinking"
- Example: "the cognitive operation of remembering"
[syn: process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation]

10. (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods;
- Example: "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"
- Example: "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"
[syn: mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation]

11. the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.);
- Example: "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"