a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | aiding the cause or policy or interests of |
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods | the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening |
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) | documentary validation |
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions | a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission |
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work | the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities |
a business especially one run on a large scale | any device that bears the weight of another thing |
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) | supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation |
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest |
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) | a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts |
process or manner of functioning or operating | the financial means whereby one lives |
the state of being in effect or being operative | financial resources provided to make some project possible |