'operational' definitions:
Definition of 'operational'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result; "operational difficulties"; "they assumed their operational positions"
adjective
Fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order" [syn: functional, usable, useable, operable, operational]
adjective
(military) of or intended for or involved in military operations [ant: inactive, nonoperational]
adjective
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)]
Synonyms of 'operational'
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- acting,
- active,
- agential,
- agentival,
- agentive,
- at work,
- behavioral,
- effective,
- effectual,
- efficacious,
- efficient,
- functional,
- functioning,
- go,
- going,
- going on,
- in exercise,
- in force,
- in hand,
- in operation,
- in play,
- in practice,
- in process,
- in the works,
- inaction,
- managerial,
- manipulational,
- on foot,
- on the fire,
- ongoing,
- operating,
- operative,
- performing,
- practical,
- practicing,
- running,
- serving,
- working
Words containing 'operational'
- in operation,
- operable,
- operant,
- operate,
- operate on,
- operating,
- operation,
- operationalism,
- operationally,
- operations,
- operative,
- operatively,
- operator,
- Calculus of operations,
- Distributive operation,
- Front of operations,
- Line of operations,
- Plastic operation,
- Reverse operation,
- Subcutaneous operation,
- Subperiosteal operation,
- amphibious operation,
- arithmetic operation,
- asynchronous operation,
- auxiliary operation,
- base of operations,
- binary operation,
- black operation,
- boolean operation,
- camera operator,
- chemical operations,
- clandestine operation,
- cognitive operation,
- combined operation,
- company operator,
- computer operation,
- concurrent operation,
- consecutive operation,
- control operation,
- covert operation,
- dyadic operation,
- elevator operator,
- exfiltration operation,
- existential operator,
- eye operation,
- field of operation,
- field of operations,
- identity operator,
- intelligence operation,
- joint operation,
- linear operator,
- logic operation,
- logical operation,
- machine operation,
- majority operation,
- martyr operation,
- mathematical operation,
- matrix operation,
- military operation,
- military operations,
- monadic operation,
- multiplex operation,
- newsstand operator,
- operant conditioning,
- operating budget,
- operating capability,
- operating capital,
- operating cost,
- operating expense,
- operating instructions,
- operating microscope,
- operating procedure,
- operating room,
- operating statement,
- operating surgeon,
- operating system,
- operating table,
- operating theater,
- operating theatre,
- operation code,
- operational casualty,
- operational cell,
- operational damage,
- operations research,
- operative field,
- operator gene,
- overt operation,
- parallel operation,
- peacekeeping operation,
- printing operation,
- psychological operation,
- pyramid operation,
- radio operator,
- rescue operation,
- sacrifice operation,
- sequential operation,
- serial operation,
- shirodkar's operation,
- simultaneous operation,
- sting operation,
- surgical operation,
- switchboard operator,
- synchronous operation,
- telegraph operator,
- telephone operator,
- theater of operations,
- theatre of operations,
- threshold operation,
- trading operations,
- unary operation,
- undercover operation,
- A deep line of operations,
- big time operator,
- binary arithmetic operation,
- chief operating officer,
- coin-operated,
- disk operating system,
- hand-operated,
- off-line operation,
- operation desert storm,
- riot control operation,
- simulated military operation,
- standard operating procedure,
- standing operating procedure,
- unix operating system,
- buy-and-bust operation,
- fixed-cycle operation,
- floating-point operation,
- meuse-argonne operation,
- microsoft disk operating system,
- purse-string operation,
- real-time operation,
- sewing-machine operator,
- sex-change operation,
- co-operative republic of guyana,
- million floating point operations per second,
- trillion floating point operations per second