OPERATIONS

operations, trading operations

(noun) financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

operations

plural of operation

Anagrams

• anisotrope

Source: Wiktionary


OPERATION

Op`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. operatio: cf. F. opération.]

1. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. The pain and sickness caused by manna are the effects of its operation on the stomach. Locke. Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection. Dryden.

2. The method of working; mode of action.

3. That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.

4. Effect produced; influence. [Obs.] The bards . . . had great operation on the vulgar. Fuller.

5. (Math.)

Definition: Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.

6. (Surg.)

Definition: Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc. Calculus of operations. See under Calculus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ONCHOCERCIASIS

(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America


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