operazione

Definitions of operazione
  1. noun
    a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
    synonyms: elaborazione, funzionamento, funzione, manovra, prestazione, procedimento, procedura, processo, sviluppo, tecnica, trattamento
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    type of:
    lavoro, opera
    activity directed toward making or doing something
  2. noun
    a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
    synonyms: intervento, operazione chirurgica
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    asportazione, escissione
    surgical removal of a body part or tissue
    raschiamento
    surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
    sterilizzazione
    the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
    innesto, trapianto
    an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
    appendicectomia
    surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
    fissaggio
    the sterilization of an animal
    vasectomia
    surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible
  3. noun
    (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
    synonyms: operazione aritmetica
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    permutazione
    the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements
    combinata, combinazione
    the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
    integrazione
    an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined
    scompartimento
    an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
    moltiplica, moltiplicazione
    an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
    differenza, sottrazione
    an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
    addizione, somma
    the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
    type of:
    calcolo, computazione, computo, conteggio, conto
    the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
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