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[ adjective ] involved in a kind of operation

Examples

"the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"

Used in print

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

Grab_samples were collected from the existing oxidation pond to determine its operating conditions .

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go

2
[ adjective ] being in effect or operation;

Examples

"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"

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operative

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