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OPERATING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being in effect or operation
Example:
the company had several operating divisions
Synonyms:
in operation; operating; operational
Classified under:
Similar:
operative (being in force or having or exerting force)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Involved in a kind of operation
Example:
the operating conditions of the oxidation pond
Classified under:
Participle:
operate (perform as expected when applied)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb operate
Context examples:
During the period of Dec. 15, 2016 and March 4, the Kepler spacecraft, operating as the K2 mission, observed TRAPPIST-1 for 74 days.
(Light From An Ultra-Cool Neighbor, NASA)
Occurring or operating at the same time.
(Concurrent, NCI Thesaurus)
Tests performed to verify a device's level of protection (immunity) against magnetic disturbances while operating.
(Device Power Frequency Magnetic Field Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
Operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control.
(Automatic, NCI Thesaurus)
A set of protocols designed to provide communication between a software application and a computer operating system or between applications.
(Application Program Interface, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with problems introducing or inserting the device, even if the user is operating the device in accordance with the instructions for use or labeling.
(Difficult to Insert Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
A Standards Developing Organization (SDO) operating in the healthcare arena with an emphasis on the domain of clinical and administrative data.
(Health Level Seven, NCI Thesaurus)
Google said Android operating systems would receive the updates in the software update scheduled to be made available on November 6.
(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)
All of Juno's science instruments and the spacecraft's JunoCam were operating during the flyby, collecting data that are now being returned to Earth.
(NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Spots Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Issue associated with the non-conformance to device specifications and minimum packaging requirements as the device may not be operating and functioning as intended.
(Device Packaging Compromised, Food and Drug Administration)
