noun activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
noun a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
noun a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
noun process or manner of functioning or operating
noun (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
noun (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University
