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/ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənəl/ Listen

adjective

operational adj.

Of or pertaining to operations; as, operational procedure.

Fit or ready for service; available and in working condition; as, an operational aircraft. Opposite of out-of-service.

Synonyms: functional, usable, useable, in order(predicate), in working order(predicate), operable.

(Mil.) Of or intended for or involved in military operations. Opposite of nonoperational.

In force; not expired or annulled; of rules or laws. "de facto apartheid still operational even in the new african nations"

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Etymology of 'Operational'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Operational" Quotes from Famous Books

... what the leadys mean about diplomacy becoming outmoded," Franks said at last. "People who work together don't need diplomats. They solve their problems on the operational level instead of at a ...

— The Defenders • Philip K. Dick

... to forget that even after World War II some of our most respected scientists sold short the idea of developing long-range missiles. Impractical, they said; visionary. But 6 years after the United States went to work seriously on missiles, an operational ICBM with a 9,000-mile ...

— The Practical Values of Space Exploration • Committee on Science and Astronautics

... was beginning dimly to see the new metaphysical basics that were to make the whole thing sensible and manipulable. At least, I had already realized that it was different than would be, for example, the difference in operational principle of a gas engine ...

— Unthinkable • Roger Phillips Graham