PROCESSING

processing

(noun) preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure; “the processing of newly arrived immigrants”; “the processing of ore to obtain minerals”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

processing (countable and uncountable, plural processings)

The action of the verb to process.

The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.

The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.

Hyponyms

• data processing

• word processing

Verb

processing

present participle of process

Source: Wiktionary


PROCESS

Proc"ess, n. Etym: [F. procès, L. processus. See Proceed.]

1. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. "Long process of time." Milton. The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. Tennyson.

2. A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature. Tell her the process of Antonio's end. Shak.

3. A statement of events; a narrative. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. (Anat. & Zoöl.)

Definition: Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.

5. (Law)

Definition: The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial. Deacon's process Etym: [from H. Deacon, who introduced it] (Chem.), a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been previously saturated with a solution of some metallic salt, as sulphate of copper.

– Final process (Practice), a writ of execution in an action at law. Burrill.

– In process, in the condition of advance, accomplishment, transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed.

– Jury process (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced. Burrill.

– Leblanc's process (Chem.), the process of manufacturing soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the sodium sulphate so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting with charcoal, and converting the sodium sulphide to sodium carbonate by roasting with lime.

– Mesne process. See under Mesne.

– Process milling, the process of high milling for grinding flour. See under Milling.

– Reversible process (Thermodynamics), any process consisting of a cycle of operations such that the different operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order with a reversal of their effects.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 August 2024

EXALTED

(adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; “an exalted ideal”; “argue in terms of high-flown ideals”- Oliver Franks; “a noble and lofty concept”; “a grand purpose”


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