As a noun operation
is operation (method by which a device performs its function).
As a verb civilianize is
to convert something from military to civilian operation or control.
operation Noun
( en noun)
The method by which a device performs its function.
- It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation .
The method or practice by which actions are done.
The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
* John Locke
- The pain and sickness caused by manna are the effects of its operation on the stomach.
* Dryden
- Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation , can never attain to perfection.
A planned undertaking.
- The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
- The ''Katrina'' relief operation was considered botched.
A business or organization.
- We run our operation from a storefront.
- They run a multinational produce-supply operation .
(medicine) a surgical procedure.
- She had an operation to remove her appendix.
(computing, logic, mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
(military) a military campaign (e.g. )
(obsolete) Effect produced; influence.
* Fuller
- The bards had great operation on the vulgar.
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civilianize English
Verb
(civilianiz)
To convert something from military to civilian operation or control
To change the status of a member of the armed forces to that of a civilian
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