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 (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
the pain and sickness caused by manna are confessedly nothing but the effects of its operations on the stomach and guts.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-E...
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