Definition of operation

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Operation (n.) Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols..

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Tellurian :: Tellurian (n.) An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons..
Algebraical :: Algebraical (a.) Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings..
Stail :: Stahlianism (n.) The Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is function or operation of the soul..
Thoracotomy :: Thoracotomy (n.) The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
Orchotomy :: Orchotomy (n.) The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the knife; castration.
Exaeresis :: Exaeresis (n.) In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body..
Concourse :: Concourse (n.) Concurrence; cooperation.
Run :: Run (a.) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land..
Prove :: Prove (v. t.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved..
Electro-puncture :: Electro-puncture (n.) An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus..
Edging :: Edging (n.) The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal..
Staple :: Staphylotomy (n.) The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
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..
Anaplasty :: Anaplasty (n.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.
Petroglyphy :: Petroglyphy (n.) The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone.
Cooperation :: Cooperation (n.) The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor..
Rabdology :: Rabdology (n.) The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.
Tarsectomy :: Tarsectomy (n.) The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.
Notation :: Notation (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations..
Keratome :: Keratome (n.) An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for cataract.
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