process

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A series of events leading to a result or product.

   • This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
   • But they came up against an impressive force in Bayern, who extended their run to 10 wins on the trot, having scored 28 goals in the process and conceding none.
2. 2

   The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and…

   The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.

   • 1960, Mack Tyner, Process Engineering Calculations: Material and Energy Balances – Ordinarily a process plant will use a steam boiler to supply its process heat requirements and to drive a steam-turbine generator.
3. 3

   A path or succession of states through which a system passes.

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   1. 4

      Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.

   2. 5

      Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a…

      Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.

   3. 6

      An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the…

      An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.

   4. 7

      An executable task or program.

   5. 8

      The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

   6. 9

      To perform a particular process on a thing.

      • Processing the harvested cocoons begins with grading and then boiling them in soapy water to soften the sericin that binds the fibers together.
   7. 10

      To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially…

      To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.

      • We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.
      • If you process you own digital files, it's as time consuming, or maybe even more time consuming, than it is to process and print your own film.
      • CBP told CNN it currently processes “nearly 4 million duty-free de minimis shipments a day.”
   8. 11

      To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and…

      To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

      • I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.
   9. 12

      To develop photographic film.

   10. 13

       To take legal proceedings against.

   11. 14

       To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.

       • Prayers completed and Psalms ending, patriarch, emperor, and their sumptuously clad entourages move past the open, silver-clad wings of the Imperial Door and process into the crowded nave and continue to the sanctuary at the east.

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