English-Italian translations for operation

• operazione
  L'operazione Atalanta, nondimeno, non basta. Operation Atalanta is inadequate, however.
  Una prossima operazione si chiamerà Hydra. However, one forthcoming operation is called Hydra.
  Si tratta di una operazione molto piccola, come sappiamo. It is a very small operation, as we know.
• funzionamento
  Chi controllerà il funzionamento del SIS? Who is to monitor the operation of the system?
  Cosa scopriamo dopo diversi anni di funzionamento? What are we finding after several years of operation?
  Il funzionamento pratico del sistema sarà migliorato. The practical operation of the system will be improved.

Definition of operation

• The method by which a device performs its function
• The method or practice by which actions are done
• A planned undertaking
• A business or organization
• A surgical procedure
• a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands
• Effect produced; influence

Examples

• It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.
• The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
• The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.
• We run our operation from a storefront.
• They run a multinational produce-supply operation.
• She had an operation to remove her appendix.

Related words

• cooperation
• co-operation
• operational
• operationalism
• operationally
• operationalization
• reoperation
• operationism
• operationalist