 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
operating
adjective
1: involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions
of the oxidation pond"
2: 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"
[syn: {operational}, {in operation(p)}, {operating(a)}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Operate \Op"er*ate\, verb (used without an object) [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. ["u]ben to exercise, OHG. uoben, Icel. [ae]fa. Cf.
{Inure}, {Maneuver}, {Ure}.]
1. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strength,
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
operating \operating\ adjective
1. pr. p. of {operate}; as, the operating conditions of the
oxidation pond.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. having an effect or influence.
Syn: at work(predicate), in operation, operant.
[WordNet 1.5]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "operating":
acting, active, at work, behavioral, functional, functioning,
going, going on, in exercise, in force, in hand, in operation,
in play, in practice, in process, in the works, inaction, on foot,
on the fire, ongoing, operational, performing, practicing, running,
serving, working
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