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