IN OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in operation mean? 

• IN OPERATION (adjective)
  The adjective IN OPERATION has 1 sense:

1. being in effect or operation

  Familiarity information: IN OPERATION used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN OPERATION (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being in effect or operation

Synonyms:

in operation; operating; operational

Context example:

the company had several operating divisions

Similar:

operative (being in force or having or exerting force)

 Context examples 

The group has been in operation since March 1999.

(American College of Radiology Imaging Network, NCI Thesaurus)

CARMENES is the first high-precision spectrometer in operation that is designed specifically to find planets using this ‘red dwarf advantage‘.

(Researchers find two new planets with masses similar to Earth’s near a small neighbouring star, University of Granada)

He merely saw it in operation, and thrilled to it, and thought it fine, and high, and splendid.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Russian telescope will be the most cutting-edge device in operation in Brazil.

(High tech Russian telescope to start operating in Brazil, Agência Brasil)

A separate study has reported that 140 hydroelectric dams are in operation or under construction along the Amazon basin, and another 288 are planned for the coming years.

(Amazon trees are major source of methane emission, SciDev.Net)

On the commission he is, at any rate, said I. And he writes to me here, that he will be glad to show me, in operation, the only true system of prison discipline; the only unchallengeable way of making sincere and lasting converts and penitents—which, you know, is by solitary confinement.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

With fresh-sprinkled garments in the box, covered with the board and pressed by the iron, the device was complete and in operation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)