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operation 1. Surgery any manipulation of the body or one of its organs or parts to repair damage, arrest the progress of a disease, remove foreign matter, etc. 2. Maths a. any procedure, such as addition, multiplication, involution, or differentiation, in which one or more numbers or quantities are operated upon according to specific rules b. a function from a set onto itself operation [‚äp·ə′rā·shən] (computer science) A process or procedure that obtains a unique result from any permissible combination of operands. The sequence of actions resulting from the execution of one digital computer instruction. (industrial engineering) A job, usually performed in one location, and consisting of one or more work elements. (mathematics) An operation of a groupGon a setSis a mapping which associates to each ordered pair (g,s), wheregis inGandsis inS, another element inS, denotedgs, such that, for anyg,hinGandsinS, (gh)s=g(hs), andes=s, whereeis the identity element ofG. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Wolman, a fervent yachtsman with extensive experience working in luxury hotels around North America, is the perfect fit to oversee Delta King's operations. The company's high debt balance and weak historical free cash flow performance are the result of several factors, including inattentive management of Burger King's operations by its former ownership, the incurrence of additional debt in conjunction with both the company's December 2002 buyout and its 2006 dividend payment, and significant recent investments in the global reorganization of Burger King and the operating turnaround of its franchisee base. The company's high debt balance and weak historical free cash flow performance are the result of several factors, including inattentive management of Burger King's operations by its former ownership, the incurrence of additional debt in conjunction with both the company's December 2002 buyout and its 2006 dividend payment, and significant recent investments in the global reorganization of Burger King and the operating turnaround of its franchisee base. |
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