operating verbal noun.
['ɒpǝreɪtɪŋ] M17.[from OPERATE verb + -ING1.]The action of
OPERATE verb; an instance of this.
Comb.:
operating profit Accountancy gross profit before deduction of expenses;
operating room (chiefly
N. Amer.) a room in a hospital where operations are performed, an operating theatre;
operating system Computing a set of programs for organizing the resources and activities of a computer;
operating-table: on which the patient is placed during an operation;
operating theatre: see
THEATRE noun 5b.
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