operating
1. [ adjective ] involved in a kind of operation
Examples:

"the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"

Related terms: go
2. [ adjective ] being in effect or operation;
Synonyms: in_operation operational
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"

Related terms: operative
Similar spelling:   operation
  operatic
  operative
  opera_hat
  operations
  operate_on
  operate
  overrating
  operatively
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  operator
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