Operating : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Operating	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Operating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
operating adj involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond" being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions" Synonym(s): operational, in operation(p), operating(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Operate \Op"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Operated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Operating}.] [L. operatus, p. p. of operari to work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor; akin to Skr. apas, and also to G. [81]ben to exercise, OHG. uoben, Icel. [?]fa. Cf. {Inure}, {Maneuver}, {Ure}.] 1. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act. 2. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system. 3. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence. The virtues of private persons operate but on a few. --Atterbury. A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live. --Swift. 4. (Surg.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc. 5. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. [Brokers' Cant]