operation
Process in motion
Anything that operates may be called an operation.
Anyone who operates can be said to be performing or conducting an operation.
In medicine, an operation is a surgery.
A large-scale operation usually involves many people, high-level organization, and a purpose, such as a peacekeeping operation or a rescue operation.
The plural is also used suggest multiple things going on: The company began operations in Sudan last year.
The operation of a machine is the regular performance of its function.
The thread combining all of these meanings is an activity or process that moves toward an end, under the direction of a person or algorithm.
Controlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- sutureMedical wound closure
recovery · sterile · biopsy · transplant · theater · endoscopy · arthroscopy · laparotomy
Connected parts forming whole
- processSteps toward a result
- executionCompleting a planned task
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
- automationSelf-operating system design
input · output · manual · mode · sequence · malfunction · shutdown · startup
Purpose-driven task
- tacticalStrategically planned
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- covertIntentionally concealed
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
maneuver · intelligence · strike · assault · extraction · offensive · commander · troops
Organizing and directing resources
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- workflowSequential task progression
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
coordination · procurement · distribution · supply chain · franchise · day-to-day · running · headquarters
Self-directed action capacity
- driveOperate a vehicle
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- outreachProactive community assistance
- missionPurpose-driven task
movement · push · endeavor · crusade · blitz · mobilization · canvass · grassroots
Purpose or duty
- variableProne to fluctuation
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- logicalBased on valid reasoning
computation · addition · multiplication · division · subtraction · inverse · commutative · associative
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
suture · recovery · sterile · biopsy · transplant · theater · endoscopy · arthroscopy · laparotomy · dissection
system
Connected parts forming whole
- processSteps toward a result
- executionCompleting a planned task
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
automation · input · output · manual · mode · sequence · malfunction · shutdown · startup · procedure
mission
Purpose-driven task
- tacticalStrategically planned
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- covertIntentionally concealed
deployment · maneuver · intelligence · strike · assault · extraction · offensive · commander · troops · strategic
management
Organizing and directing resources
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- workflowSequential task progression
- efficiencyProductive without waste
oversight · coordination · procurement · distribution · supply chain · franchise · day-to-day · running · headquarters · streamline
initiative
Self-directed action capacity
mission · movement · push · endeavor · crusade · blitz · mobilization · canvass · grassroots · fundraising
function
Purpose or duty
- variableProne to fluctuation
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
- binaryConsisting of two parts
logical · computation · addition · multiplication · division · subtraction · inverse · commutative · associative · algebraic
- operationsworkflow, workflows, covert op, black op, special ops
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
- rescuerescue, rescue team, search and rescue, rescue dog, save
- surgeriessurgery, appendectomy, hysterectomy, minor surgery, elective surgery
- algebravariables, equations, equation, polynomials, algebraic equations
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, incision, scalpel
operationinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
passivity · inertia · idleness · inactivity · nonintervention
operationfailure
Lack of success
malfunction · breakdown · ineffectiveness · futility · dysfunction
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
- base of operationsCentral location for activities
- operating systemsCore device management software
- operating tableSurgical procedure surface
- cleanup operationsSystematic removal of debris
- combat operationPlanned armed forces engagement
cooperation, cooperative, operating, operative, uncooperative, operations, cooperating, operational, inoperative