operation

En français : opération, fonctionnement, exploitation, gestion

1. The method by which a device performs its function. (uncountable) · It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.
2. The method or practice by which actions are done. (uncountable)
3. The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. (uncountable)
4. A planned undertaking. (countable) · The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.· The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.
5. A business or organization. (countable) · We run our operation from a storefront.· They run a multinational produce-supply operation.
6. A surgical procedure. (countable) · She had an operation to remove her appendix.
7. A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands). (countable) · The number of operands associated with an operation is called its arity; an operation of arity 2 is called a binary operation.
8. A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value. (countable)

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