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(<i>n.</i>) The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.<p>2. (<i>n.</i>) The method of working; mode of action.<p>3. (<i>n.</i>) That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.<p>4. (<i>n.</i>) Effect produced; influence.<p>5. (<i>n.</i>) Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.<p>6. 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