(transitive) To make operational. / (transitive, social sciences) To define (a concept) in such a way that it can be practically measured.

(mining) To search for lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all ...

plural of cooking plate

(zoology) Any bird in the family Campephagidae; a cuckooshrike.