Operation 41453 216208643 2008-05-31T16:21:40Z 82.204.98.14 {{wiktionary}} '''Operation''' may refer to: * [[Scientific Method|Scientific Operation]]. * [[Surgery operation]]. * An [[operation (mathematics)|operation]] or [[operator]] in mathematics. See ''[[unary operation]]'', ''[[binary operation]]'', ''[[arity]]''. * In [[language]], an operation is a [[word]] which represents a [[grammatical function|function]] (or instruction) rather than a term, or a name. * In computer science, an operation is called an [[instruction (computer science)|instruction]]. * [[Military operation]], a military action (usually in a military campaign) using deployed forces. * [[Covert operation]], a military or political action that is both clandestine and denied by the government undertaking the action. * [[Sting operation]], an operation designed to catch a person committing a crime by means of deception. * [[Business operations]], [[manufacturing operations]], [[operations management]]. * [[Operations Support Systems]] used in the telecommunications industry * [[Operation of law]], a legal term that indicates that a right or liability has been created for a part. * [[Anomalous operation]], in parapsychology, a term describing a broad category of purported paranormal effects. * Musical operations such as [[transposition (music)|transposition]], [[inversion (music)|inversion]], [[multiplication (music)|multiplication]], [[permutation (music)|permutation]], [[counterpoint]]. * [[Operation (game)]], a battery-operated [[game of physical skill]]. {{disambig}} [[ca:Operació]] [[da:Operation]] [[de:Operation]] [[es:Operación]] [[eo:Operacio]] [[fr:Opération]] [[gl:Operación]] [[it:Operazione]] [[lt:Operacija]] [[ja:オペレーション]] [[nl:Operatie]] [[pl:Operacja]] [[ru:Операция]] [[simple:Operation (disambiguation)]] [[sk:Operácia]] [[sl:Operacija]] [[fi:Operaatio]] [[sv:Operation]] [[ur:عالجہ]] [[zh:运算]]