English - Etymology 1
From Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin processus, past participle of procedo
Pronunciation
Noun
- A series of events to produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
- (law) The act of serving a defendant with a summons or a writ.
- (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
- (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
- (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
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(manufacturing) A set
of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly 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 of succession of states through which a system passes.
- (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
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Verb
process (third-person singular simple present processes, present participle processing, simple past and past participle processed)
- (transitive) To perform a particular process.
- (transitive) To treat with a substance
- (transitive) To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it as valid.
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English - Etymology 2
Back-formation from procession.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prəˈsɛs/
Verb
process (third-person singular simple present processes, present participle processing, simple past and past participle processed)
- (mostly British) To walk in a procession.