Ops
[ops]
- 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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OPS
or O.P.S.
- Office of Price Stabilization.
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Examples from the Web for ops
Contemporary Examples
If the Ops Center is a preview of the show to come, Rio will be ready, albeit perhaps at the last minute.
Another 30,000 meters of fiber-optic cables criss-cross another 300 LCD screens spread over 100 rooms in the Ops Center.
Getting to work in ops may well be harder than being an astronaut.
That was the legacy of waiting so long to bring women into the ops ranks in a meaningful way.
Historical Examples
But the real companion deity to Ops was not Saturnus, but Consus.
The Religious Experience of the Roman PeopleW. Warde Fowler
That boy could get up an enthusiasm for the maiden days of Ops!
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, CompleteGeorge Meredith
Roman festivals in honor of Ops, held on 14th of the calends of January.
1000 Mythological Characters Briefly DescribedEdward S. Ellis
Just at this point you gets off and 'ops it up to the school.
King of RanleighF. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton
Might I not at that very instant have been cogitating on the characters of Saturn and Ops?
KeatsSidney Colvin
Ops
- the Roman goddess of abundance and fertility, wife of SaturnGreek counterpart: Rhea
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OP
- military observation post
- Ordo Praedicatorum (the Dominicans)
- organophosphate
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Word Origin
(for sense 2) Latin: Order of Preachers
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