IN MATH: 1. n. a procedure; a thought process; an action or set of actions used to achieve a result. EX. 1. The doctor had performed the liver operation before. EX. 2. The operation of addition is indicated by a + sign.

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  • area.xls -- computes the areas and perimeters of rectangles, parallelograms, triangles, trapezoids, circles.
  • area.doc -- A Word® document with area formulas for a rectangle, parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, circle.
  • quadequ.htm - computes quadratic formula, & The Discriminant Computation
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IN ENGLISH: 1. a medical procedure. 2. as defined above. EX. No need to worry. This surgery is only a minor operation.

APPLICATION: (see list 0)

1. What's the inverse operation for addition?

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