operating (adj.)

  1. involved in a kind of operation; the operating conditions of the oxidation pond'

  2. 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 ]

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