• Czech: operace
• Finnish: operaatio
• German: Operation
• Greek: επιχείρηση (epicheírisi)
• Hebrew: מבצע
• Japanese: 作戦 (さくせん, sakusen)
• Korean: 작전 (jakjeon)
• Russian: действие
• Welsh: ymgyrch

Operation may refer to:

• Scientific Operation.
• Surgery operation.
• An operation or operator in mathematics. See unary operation, binary operation, arity.
• In language, an operation is a word which represents a function (or instruction) rather than a term, or a name.
• In computer science, an operation is called an instruction.
• Military operation, a military action (usually in a military campaign) using deployed forces.
• Covert operation, a military or political action that is both clandestine and denied by the government undertaking the action.
• Sting operation, an operation designed to catch a person committing a crime by means of deception.
• Business operations, manufacturing operations, operations management.
• Operations Support Systems used in the telecommunications industry
• Operation of law, a legal term that indicates that a right or liability has been created for a part.
• Anomalous operation, in parapsychology, a term describing a broad category of purported paranormal effects.
• Musical operations such as transposition, inversion, multiplication, permutation, counterpoint.
• Operation (game), a battery-operated game of physical skill.

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