Definition of operation

• n. - The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
• n. - The method of working; mode of action.
• n. - That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.
• n. - Effect produced; influence.
• n. - Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.
• n. - 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.