process
verb
- to deal with something according to a particular set of actions
- to think about an emotionally difficult situation in order to gradually accept it
noun
- projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body
- an occurrent that exists in time by occurring or happening, has temporal parts and always involves and depends on some entity
- particular execution of a computer program
- concept of a process in philosophy
- series of events which occur over an extended period of time
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/ / /ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/ / /-əs/ / /pɹəˈsɛs/ / /pɹəˈses/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”).
- 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.”
- 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.”
“1987, J. R. Richards, Principles of control system design in Modelling and control of fermentation processes – The words plant or process infer generally any dynamic system, be it primarily mechanical, electrical, or chemical process in nature, and may extend also to include social or economic systems.”
- A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
“We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.”
- Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
“But if either at Calling by the Clerk, after the Session Bell, or before the Ordinary by the Roll, an Advocat compears, and craves to be Marked for the Defender, and to see the Process; The Clerk in the first Case, and the Judge in the second, will allow him to see it”
- An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- An executable task or program.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
verb
Etymology: Back-formation from procession.
- 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.”