Crossword clues for operating
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
operating \operating\ adj.
pr. p. of operate; as, the operating conditions of the oxidation pond.
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having an effect or influence.
Syn: at work(predicate), in operation, operant.
Wiktionary
1 in operation 2 that operates 3 involved in an operation v
(present participle of operate English)
WordNet
adj. involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"
being in effect or operation; "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" [syn: operational, in operation(p), operating(a)]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "operating".
The wash-head was operating, spraying the windows and his abseil rope as it travelled down after him.
I now had access to one computer, which turned out to be running an older version of the UNIX operating system.
Under UNIX, the operating system maintains a password file which con-rains the encrypted passwords of everybody authorized to access that computer.
He looked down on her still, white face and bright hair, and he felt his heart contract with pain to see them darken ever so faintly and beautifully under the brilliant operating light, rich in actinic rays.
Data first met Darryl Adin and his band of mercenaries, who at that time had been operating outside the Federation.
Flying Officer Charles Haynes, the bomb aimer, was operating the H2S on this flight.
By the time he finally lifted from the pad the fusion generator was operating alarmingly close to maximum capacity.
Lababiti had pulled the Jaguar in front and climbed out with Amad, Derek Goodlin, who was operating the house this evening, had been altered to his arrival.
A deluge of brownish-green amniotic fluid poured out and spread across the operating field.
The key point was that originally you had to learn a whole new lo-frax language in order to tie the app into the basic operating system, and that takes as much time and practice as learning a hi-frax language.
From now on he was in the hands of his jets, his spring boots, his exo-skeleton and full-augmentation devices, all operating under the final arbitrament of the flight search plan he had set up.
Corporations, especially those operating internationally and therefore subject to the complications of international law, sign contracts in which they agree that any dispute over the meaning of the contract will be arbitrated by the AAA.
My style has always been to lay off a lot of the day-to-day operating responsibilities to folks like Ferold Arend and Ron Mayer in the early days, later on to Jack Shewmaker, and eventually to David Glass and Don Soderquist.
Irving set about arranging his armamentarium, while Trench strapped Esther to the operating table.
French Hospital, with its up-to-date modern operating theatre for tackling the wounds in a strictly aseptic and scientific way within a few hours of the men being hit, are a tremendous help.