noun
(Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
• Topics: ↑Roman mythology
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Roman deity
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/ops/, n.
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
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abbrev
1. Operations
2. Operations officer
3. Operations room
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the organization of planned activities involving a lot of people, especially military activities
Thesaurus: military or armed attackhyponym
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Ops «ops», noun.
Roman Mythology. the wife of Saturn and goddess of plenty, identified by the Greeks with Rhea.
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ops(= military operations): see op3 1 b.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.