operation, procedure - a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations" --3is a kind ofwork
operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" --5is a kind ofmedical procedure --5has parts:
operation, military operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force" --6is a kind ofactivity --6has particulars:
operation, functioning, performance - process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determine its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards" --8is a kind ofprocess
mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation - (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic" --9is a kind ofcalculation, computation, computing --9has particulars: