英语词汇“process”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

process¹

noun ˈprəʊsɛs

1A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
military operations could jeopardize the peace process
Example sentencesExamples
- Many people have lost their hope regarding this issue because no fruitful results of such processes have been achieved so far.
- To think about the outcome will be to neglect the process needed to achieve the end result.
- Helping them restore physiological functions is the first step in the treatment process.
- This would be achieved by a transparent process whereby the bills in issue would be made clear to the voters at election time.
- So, this move has to be seen as a first step towards facilitating the process of computerisation.
- The first commitment must be to the dialogue process and to achieve the possible.
- To provide a clearly arranged model, we kept the number of processes / steps low.
- Bobbitt takes the process one step further, using his analysis of the past to predict the future.
- He breaks every step of the process into a series of questions.
- Gap analysis of all the business processes is the first step in any e-business project.
- We the Palestinians believe in peace, the intifada has been an effort to achieve a peace process.
- Individuals, like groups and organization, resist changing established processes until those processes fail to achieve desired results.
- The first step in the strengthening process happens when the other candidates drop out.
- Make sure you fully understand every step of the building process and don't let jargon put you off.
- The current process is not achieving significant progress, but minor concessions calculated to win more time.
- Metabolism is a series of chemical processes through which the body uses the nutrients in food to produce the energy it needs.
- A second step in the overall process is to collect data relevant to the problem.
- On the whole, there was a greater emphasis on starting a process than on achieving final goals.
- This was an important step in processes seeking to further deepen our democracy.
- Moore wanted what he got, a very public fight that he very publicly lost at every step of the process.
- As is so often the case, each individual step in a decision-making process seems to be completely logical and obvious.
Synonyms
procedure, operation, action, activity, exercise, affair, business, job, task, undertaking, proceeding
1. 1.1 A natural series of changes.
  the ageing process
  Example sentencesExamples
  Defoliation is, of course, a natural process and happens at the end of each growing season in the autumn.
  Many studies present mathematical models that describe evolutionary processes involving bacteria.
  A cascade is a complicated series of processes that ultimately achieves a final, cumulative effect.
  Food also provides the building blocks for the body's natural repair and maintenance processes.
  Understanding the developmental processes underlying specific compositional shifts is more difficult to do.
  Byatt's heroines are victims of a culture whose value-systems are prejudiced against nature and natural processes of ageing.
  Understanding the body's internal disease process took longer.
  IT is well understood that genetic change provides the basis for adaptation processes in natural and domesticated populations.
  These processes convert chemical energy (stored within the cells in the form of biomass) into electrical energy.
  A burning cigarette is a complex system in which many types of chemical reactions and physical processes occur in parallel.
  The compounds evaporate into the air through a series of chemical processes that result in especially reflective clouds.
  The mission will measure and help understand the chemical processes affecting the distribution of ozone in Earth's upper atmosphere.
  So, by creation, we mean an origin event contrary to natural processes that has been orchestrated or imposed by a greater power.
  Paul knew that Uncle Edward was a biochemist, and a specialist in natural processes, such as photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
  Whether it's first- or second-hand, cigarette smoke complicates the body's wound healing process at the cellular level.
  Darwin himself was prepared to admit that life could gradually emerge by comprehensible chemical processes from non-living precursors
  Evolution is the process of change over time, over thousands and millions of years.
  The physical consequences to the woman of pregnancy and childbirth are, of course, natural processes.
2. 1.2 A systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce something.
  the manufacturing process is relatively simple
  Example sentencesExamples
  The vessels could be used for harmless industrial processes or for making chemical weapons.'
  Strange to think that one day these objects will be totally obsolete, as chemical processes are slowly phased out.
  Wood pulp is created by both mechanical and chemical processes designed to break down the wood fibers.
  In this article, we will examine the steps in the fascinating process of making wine.
  We have the systems, processes, practices and skilled staff needed to operate within this environment.
  Modern photography's mechanical and chemical reproduction processes seem to be doomed to become completely obsolete.
  They are primarily products and byproducts of industrial processes, chemical manufacturing and the resulting wastes.
  Dioxin, a byproduct of chemical processes including combustion, is virtually ubiquitous in the environment.
  He also studied the chemical processes involved in making glass, pottery and refractory bricks.
  Over the next couple of months Paul will be following how the production process unfolds.
  Cargill and Dow spun off the new company to take advantage of the strategic strengths of each, namely biotechnology and advanced chemical processes.
  Green chemistry uses cutting-edge technology to minimize the environmental impact of chemical processes, manufacturing and waste.
  This is because it is concerned with increasing the efficiency of the processes by which systems are developed, manufactured, and purchased.
  The processors will be made using Intel's 0.13 micron fabrication process.
  Compaction in sands proceeds by eliminating porosity by mechanical and chemical processes, and then by pressure dissolution.
  Kraft Foods is likely to set the standard for process cheese innovations.
  Intel has announced a new flash memory product today, built on its 0.13-micron production process technology.
  These people performed only very simple processes of production.
  These plans typically included the technical and operational plans to restore business systems and processes at off-site facilities.
  The workers represented by lawsuits may be only a small portion of those who have been harmed by such chemical processes, which continue to be widely applied in computer manufacturing.
  Synonyms
  method, procedure, system, technique, means, practice, way, approach
3. 1.3Computing An instance of a program being executed in a multitasking operating system, typically running in an environment that protects it from other processes.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Unfortunately we locked up midway through the boot process.
  For our example, we start the two required processes on the same system.
  The updater applications should launch automatically once the download completes to begin the firmware update process.
  The installation process took under an hour, most of which was used to install Windows.
4. 1.4Printing as modifier Relating to or denoting printing using ink in three colours (cyan, magenta, and yellow) and black to produce a complete range of colour.
  process inks
  Example sentencesExamples
  The deal gives them the exclusive rights to sell the MetalFX silver base and special process inks around the world
  The holder sports a gray and silver cover with four-color process printing for the back and insides.
  He invented the process of four-colour process printing onto flexible plastics.
2Law
A summons or writ requiring a person to appear in court.
Example sentencesExamples
- I am not persuaded the provinces do have the constitutional or legislative authority to serve a process commenced by summons beyond the borders of Canada.
- That process was served on Dow Jones in the United States under the two limbs of the Supreme Court Rules.
- He successfully dodged Earthlink's process servers for several months until they caught up with him in February 2003.
- In some jurisdictions, the writ has to be served or the process has to be served before the action is brought.
- The plaintiff must issue his process and must serve it on the defendant.
Synonyms
summons, writ, subpoena
North American citation
3Anatomy Biology
A natural appendage or outgrowth on or in an organism, such as a protuberance on a bone.
Example sentencesExamples
- These anomalies are often extra appendages or processes, and are probably most often produced by injury when the exoskeleton is soft.
- Triangular processes occurred in both bones of pairs 58 times from a total of 334 paired scapulae.
- The spinous processes of cervical vertebrae 2, 3, 4, and 5 usually possess cleft spines.
- The newly formed neuron is still immature; later it extends an axon and dendrite processes, and assumes the morphology of a mature neuron.
- These processes of the maxilla sometimes project backward in the median plane, separating the horizontal plates from each other.

verb ˈprəʊsɛs

[with object]

1Perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it.
the salmon is quickly processed after harvest to preserve the flavour
Example sentencesExamples
- The group's export controls also apply to some items of chemical processing equipment.
- Sputum was induced, collected, and processed according to a standardized protocol.
- The lungs were pressure fixed and processed for paraffin embedding.
- Industries such as dairy farming and meat processing generate waste materials that are dried or minimally processed into fertilizers.
- The tissue was processed according to a method previously used for this tissue.
- Whiskey, essences, and many products from the oil refinery industry are processed via distillation.
- Shredded cheese products are processed on three lines (one retail and two bulk).
- For years, it's been assumed that bacteria enter empty feather follicles during poultry processing.
- He had worked for a chemicals processing company, and was also involved in sports.
- These included chemicals, various processed articles, machines and equipment.
- Renal biopsies were routinely processed for light, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy.
- Dozens of nations possess such a capability, which is inherent in modern chemical and food processing industries.
- Blood donated to the armed services program will be processed at Lackland for worldwide distribution.
- A price list must be established for tests processed in the office laboratory.
- Beef and pork are nearly always sold natural and minimally processed.
- The fresh tissues were routinely processed for transmission electron microscopy.
- That would mean the nightmare of bad smells suffered by residents during the operation of the wool processing plant could be repeated.
- It is processed by a series of soakings, which remove the bitter taste, after which it can be boiled to make an edible jelly or dried and ground to a flour for bread-making.
- With a fluid milk capacity of 32 million pounds, it processes milk, cottage cheese, sour cream, juice and drinks.
- The demand for soybean oil is excellent, with the product being sold as quickly as it is processed.
- Choose oils that are unrefined and minimally processed.
1. 1.1 Deal with (someone or something) using an official procedure.
  the immigration authorities who processed him
  Example sentencesExamples
  Applications for houses were processed by Mayo County Council, and the first tenants took up residence in September 2000.
  Today Bradford MP Marsha Singh condemned the delay in processing her housing application.
  The Government could have spent some money on processing the forms more quickly instead of a fancy advertising campaign.
  Some large lenders will accept your application but delay processing it until near the end of your grace period.
  Upon processing me, the jailer joked that I had just missed juvenile detention.
  They processed me and ran me through every database they could use, but found nothing.
  It was impossible for Council officials to process that amount of work in one month.
  The authorities say they cannot process them all, so he must wait to receive them when he departs.
  But they denied that the application form was processed internally, saying it was sent back to her after being checked.
  Aladdin thought his case for asylum was being processed by Australian immigration officials but was soon informed of his predicament.
  Application forms are processed according as they are received, so early application is advisable.
  Jai Ram Bhai is just one migration lawyer in Suva who says he's processed about 5,000 emigration applications since May last year.
  The driver of the jeep was arrested and brought to Navan Station where he was processed under drink-driving legislation and breathalysed.
  They are also processing the grants as quickly as possible at a bureaucratic level.
  After his arrest, he was processed by the police in just eight hours, whilst less famous prisoners can spend up to 36 hours before arraignment.
  He worked eight hours a day in an office processing mountains of applications from people seeking a rebate on a war tax charged on their coal.
  However, her legal situation deteriorated when she left Luxembourg before her application for asylum was processed.
  I was not told why I was arrested until after I was processed: obstructing police.
  Payments are processed quickly and securely and credit card information is not stored once the transaction is complete.
  Manny is in a total daze as he's processed through the judicial system, handcuffed, and sent to jail.
  Synonyms
  deal with, attend to, see to, sort out, handle, take care of, action, organize, manage
2. 1.2Computing Operate on (data) by means of a program.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Once the data was acquired it needed to be processed for reporting purposes and then stored in the data warehouse for future access.
  The net result is that, according to researchers' current calculations data can be processed eight times faster than it is using conventional technology.
  The data were processed using the software provided by the manufacturer.
  The generated data may be processed through the same software used to process the real data.
  This allows a signal to be transmitted to and processed by the logic circuitry indicating that a particular key has been selected.
  Payment is made by credit or debit card and is processed securely online in real time.
  The data collected will be processed by Stella, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe.
  Data is downloaded onto a server at MIT and processed using pattern recognition software.
  Today's PCs process more information faster than anything imagined in the early days of computing.
  A number of researchers have assumed a hierarchical model of language, in which linguistic information is processed in a series of discrete stages.
  SMP is a technology that allows two threads to be simultaneously processed by the operating system.
  Images may be processed or stored locally, or transmitted at a lesser rate.
  Organisations upload their PDF documents, which are processed and returned with the relevant accessibility features added.
  The Data Protection Act requires company's maintain servers within the EU but allows that data to be processed anywhere.
  But what if the buffer contains a gigabyte of plain text to be processed?
  Spam levels reached a yearly high in July, accounting for 77 per cent of all emails processed by BlackSpider.
  Once the data have been processed through our programs to manipulate the data and to define trip ends, two steps remain.
  You can also specify if the web page snapshots will be processed.
  Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored.
  Digital images of stained material can be easily processed in various image-editing programs.

Phrases

be in the process of doing something

Be continuing with an action already started.
I was in the process of buying a house
Example sentencesExamples
- One squad had already reached the structure and were in the process of breaking there way in.
- It is also believed that money was in the process of being shipped to the Continent in order to be laundered.
- Some were in the process of trying to get their schooling by correspondence or had already started in an alternative school.
- The bank is in the process of installing a high end transaction processing switch for this purpose.
- We were in the process of trying to build a new business.
- I am in the process of applying for a loan to keep my practice open.
- This has already happened in the Sudan and is in the process of happening in Algeria.
- Mr and Mrs Harley were in the process of selling their semi-detached cottage in The Street and had been storing new furniture in the spare bedroom, which caught fire.
- It is easy to see why she has already been the pick of several top directors and is in the process of putting together an impressive range of work.
- Other respondents were in the process of strategically realigning their salary structure.
Synonyms
in the course of, in the middle of, in the midst of

in the process

As an unintended part of a course of action.
she would make him pay for this, even if she killed herself in the process
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course, in the process of wanting others, we may well be found wanting by them.
- I think everyone was very relieved to find that he didn't kill anyone in the process.
- They strive to get all they can even if it means ruining someone else in the process!
- It was a good way of getting to know the area and helping the local community in the process.
- He has been preparing for the part for months, losing weight in the process and even growing a beard.
- Someone bought me a drink on Tuesday, and they snagged a bargain in the process.
- She has assured me that she will get me in the best shape of my life or kill me in the process.
- We are at least used now to spiralling costs, so why not keep the planet in a better condition in the process?
- But he suffered a calf injury in the process and will be out for two to three weeks.
- Above it, in the process of closing up, is an establishment called the Solid Rock Cafe.

in process of time

As time goes on.
daughters and sons may find themselves, in process of time, caring for their elderly parents
Example sentencesExamples
- When he began his studies, he was a thoroughgoing Arminian, but in process of time, God used his doctoral studies for his conversion.
- In process of time a younger sister of Mrs. Cates became a convert to Islam.
- And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died.
- Interested they were, however: they understood what was said to them, and in process of time came to understand all the characteristic doctrines of Evangelicalism.
- And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto The Lord.
Synonyms
course, advance, progress, progression, unfolding, evolution

Derivatives

processable

adjective

PENG is a computer-processable controlled natural language designed for writing unambiguous and precise specifications text.
Example sentencesExamples
- The machine processable meanings of the nodes are constituted by the patterns of arcs between them.
- The Semantic Web is really data that is processable by machine,’ says Berners-Lee, who is director of the MIT-based World Wide Web Consortium.’
- From the 1970s, the scientific focus shifted away from cellulose to the more processable biopolymer, starch.
- Typically, liquid processable organic semiconductors will oxidise rapidly, Xerox says, which makes it difficult to build such transistors in air.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French proces, from Latin processus 'progression, course', from the verb procedere (see proceed). Current senses of the verb date from the late 19th century.

Rhymes

acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes

process²

verb prəˈsɛsprəˈsɛs

no object, with adverbial of direction Walk or march in procession.
they processed down the aisle
Example sentencesExamples
- We processed through them, stopping at each station for the reading, prayer, and Catholic aerobics of kneeling and standing
- The priests process round the church, swinging clouds of incense.
- The men trudged into the bar like polar explorers, and processed soggily towards the fire he'd just lit at the far end of the lounge.
- Upon entering the sanctuary, they processed down the aisle towards the altar, which was dimly lit with candles.
- They stood at the back of the church ready to process down the aisle

Origin

Early 19th century: back-formation from procession.

process¹

nounˈprōˌses

1A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
military operations could jeopardize the peace process
Example sentencesExamples
- Individuals, like groups and organization, resist changing established processes until those processes fail to achieve desired results.
- He breaks every step of the process into a series of questions.
- As is so often the case, each individual step in a decision-making process seems to be completely logical and obvious.
- Helping them restore physiological functions is the first step in the treatment process.
- This would be achieved by a transparent process whereby the bills in issue would be made clear to the voters at election time.
- Many people have lost their hope regarding this issue because no fruitful results of such processes have been achieved so far.
- The first step in the strengthening process happens when the other candidates drop out.
- On the whole, there was a greater emphasis on starting a process than on achieving final goals.
- The current process is not achieving significant progress, but minor concessions calculated to win more time.
- The first commitment must be to the dialogue process and to achieve the possible.
- To provide a clearly arranged model, we kept the number of processes / steps low.
- We the Palestinians believe in peace, the intifada has been an effort to achieve a peace process.
- This was an important step in processes seeking to further deepen our democracy.
- To think about the outcome will be to neglect the process needed to achieve the end result.
- So, this move has to be seen as a first step towards facilitating the process of computerisation.
- Moore wanted what he got, a very public fight that he very publicly lost at every step of the process.
- Make sure you fully understand every step of the building process and don't let jargon put you off.
- A second step in the overall process is to collect data relevant to the problem.
- Gap analysis of all the business processes is the first step in any e-business project.
- Bobbitt takes the process one step further, using his analysis of the past to predict the future.
- Metabolism is a series of chemical processes through which the body uses the nutrients in food to produce the energy it needs.
Synonyms
procedure, operation, action, activity, exercise, affair, business, job, task, undertaking, proceeding
1. 1.1 A natural or involuntary series of changes.
  the aging process
  Example sentencesExamples
  The compounds evaporate into the air through a series of chemical processes that result in especially reflective clouds.
  The mission will measure and help understand the chemical processes affecting the distribution of ozone in Earth's upper atmosphere.
  Many studies present mathematical models that describe evolutionary processes involving bacteria.
  Understanding the body's internal disease process took longer.
  IT is well understood that genetic change provides the basis for adaptation processes in natural and domesticated populations.
  These processes convert chemical energy (stored within the cells in the form of biomass) into electrical energy.
  Understanding the developmental processes underlying specific compositional shifts is more difficult to do.
  Paul knew that Uncle Edward was a biochemist, and a specialist in natural processes, such as photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
  Byatt's heroines are victims of a culture whose value-systems are prejudiced against nature and natural processes of ageing.
  So, by creation, we mean an origin event contrary to natural processes that has been orchestrated or imposed by a greater power.
  A cascade is a complicated series of processes that ultimately achieves a final, cumulative effect.
  A burning cigarette is a complex system in which many types of chemical reactions and physical processes occur in parallel.
  Evolution is the process of change over time, over thousands and millions of years.
  The physical consequences to the woman of pregnancy and childbirth are, of course, natural processes.
  Darwin himself was prepared to admit that life could gradually emerge by comprehensible chemical processes from non-living precursors
  Defoliation is, of course, a natural process and happens at the end of each growing season in the autumn.
  Whether it's first- or second-hand, cigarette smoke complicates the body's wound healing process at the cellular level.
  Food also provides the building blocks for the body's natural repair and maintenance processes.
2. 1.2 A systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce or manufacture something.
  the modern block printer needs to accommodate all the traditional factory processes in one shop
  Example sentencesExamples
  Dioxin, a byproduct of chemical processes including combustion, is virtually ubiquitous in the environment.
  Wood pulp is created by both mechanical and chemical processes designed to break down the wood fibers.
  The vessels could be used for harmless industrial processes or for making chemical weapons.'
  The workers represented by lawsuits may be only a small portion of those who have been harmed by such chemical processes, which continue to be widely applied in computer manufacturing.
  Compaction in sands proceeds by eliminating porosity by mechanical and chemical processes, and then by pressure dissolution.
  Modern photography's mechanical and chemical reproduction processes seem to be doomed to become completely obsolete.
  Over the next couple of months Paul will be following how the production process unfolds.
  Strange to think that one day these objects will be totally obsolete, as chemical processes are slowly phased out.
  Green chemistry uses cutting-edge technology to minimize the environmental impact of chemical processes, manufacturing and waste.
  This is because it is concerned with increasing the efficiency of the processes by which systems are developed, manufactured, and purchased.
  Kraft Foods is likely to set the standard for process cheese innovations.
  Cargill and Dow spun off the new company to take advantage of the strategic strengths of each, namely biotechnology and advanced chemical processes.
  Intel has announced a new flash memory product today, built on its 0.13-micron production process technology.
  These people performed only very simple processes of production.
  He also studied the chemical processes involved in making glass, pottery and refractory bricks.
  The processors will be made using Intel's 0.13 micron fabrication process.
  In this article, we will examine the steps in the fascinating process of making wine.
  We have the systems, processes, practices and skilled staff needed to operate within this environment.
  These plans typically included the technical and operational plans to restore business systems and processes at off-site facilities.
  They are primarily products and byproducts of industrial processes, chemical manufacturing and the resulting wastes.
  Synonyms
  method, procedure, system, technique, means, practice, way, approach
3. 1.3Computing A series of interdependent operations carried out by computer.
  Example sentencesExamples
  For our example, we start the two required processes on the same system.
  The installation process took under an hour, most of which was used to install Windows.
  The updater applications should launch automatically once the download completes to begin the firmware update process.
  Unfortunately we locked up midway through the boot process.
4. 1.4Printing as modifier Relating to or denoting printing using ink in three colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow) and black to produce a complete range of color.
  process inks
  Example sentencesExamples
  He invented the process of four-colour process printing onto flexible plastics.
  The deal gives them the exclusive rights to sell the MetalFX silver base and special process inks around the world
  The holder sports a gray and silver cover with four-color process printing for the back and insides.
2Law
A summons or writ requiring a person to appear in court.
Example sentencesExamples
- In some jurisdictions, the writ has to be served or the process has to be served before the action is brought.
- He successfully dodged Earthlink's process servers for several months until they caught up with him in February 2003.
- That process was served on Dow Jones in the United States under the two limbs of the Supreme Court Rules.
- I am not persuaded the provinces do have the constitutional or legislative authority to serve a process commenced by summons beyond the borders of Canada.
- The plaintiff must issue his process and must serve it on the defendant.
Synonyms
summons, writ, subpoena
3Anatomy Biology
A natural appendage or outgrowth on or in an organism, such as a protuberance on a bone.
Example sentencesExamples
- The spinous processes of cervical vertebrae 2, 3, 4, and 5 usually possess cleft spines.
- Triangular processes occurred in both bones of pairs 58 times from a total of 334 paired scapulae.
- These anomalies are often extra appendages or processes, and are probably most often produced by injury when the exoskeleton is soft.
- The newly formed neuron is still immature; later it extends an axon and dendrite processes, and assumes the morphology of a mature neuron.
- These processes of the maxilla sometimes project backward in the median plane, separating the horizontal plates from each other.

verbˈprōˌses

[with object]

1Perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it.
the various stages in processing the wool
Example sentencesExamples
- The group's export controls also apply to some items of chemical processing equipment.
- It is processed by a series of soakings, which remove the bitter taste, after which it can be boiled to make an edible jelly or dried and ground to a flour for bread-making.
- Sputum was induced, collected, and processed according to a standardized protocol.
- Industries such as dairy farming and meat processing generate waste materials that are dried or minimally processed into fertilizers.
- A price list must be established for tests processed in the office laboratory.
- The demand for soybean oil is excellent, with the product being sold as quickly as it is processed.
- Choose oils that are unrefined and minimally processed.
- These included chemicals, various processed articles, machines and equipment.
- Beef and pork are nearly always sold natural and minimally processed.
- He had worked for a chemicals processing company, and was also involved in sports.
- Shredded cheese products are processed on three lines (one retail and two bulk).
- The tissue was processed according to a method previously used for this tissue.
- With a fluid milk capacity of 32 million pounds, it processes milk, cottage cheese, sour cream, juice and drinks.
- For years, it's been assumed that bacteria enter empty feather follicles during poultry processing.
- Renal biopsies were routinely processed for light, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy.
- Dozens of nations possess such a capability, which is inherent in modern chemical and food processing industries.
- The fresh tissues were routinely processed for transmission electron microscopy.
- Blood donated to the armed services program will be processed at Lackland for worldwide distribution.
- That would mean the nightmare of bad smells suffered by residents during the operation of the wool processing plant could be repeated.
- The lungs were pressure fixed and processed for paraffin embedding.
- Whiskey, essences, and many products from the oil refinery industry are processed via distillation.
1. 1.1 Deal with (someone) using an official and established procedure.
  the immigration authorities who processed him
  Example sentencesExamples
  He worked eight hours a day in an office processing mountains of applications from people seeking a rebate on a war tax charged on their coal.
  But they denied that the application form was processed internally, saying it was sent back to her after being checked.
  The authorities say they cannot process them all, so he must wait to receive them when he departs.
  After his arrest, he was processed by the police in just eight hours, whilst less famous prisoners can spend up to 36 hours before arraignment.
  The driver of the jeep was arrested and brought to Navan Station where he was processed under drink-driving legislation and breathalysed.
  Today Bradford MP Marsha Singh condemned the delay in processing her housing application.
  Some large lenders will accept your application but delay processing it until near the end of your grace period.
  They processed me and ran me through every database they could use, but found nothing.
  Applications for houses were processed by Mayo County Council, and the first tenants took up residence in September 2000.
  However, her legal situation deteriorated when she left Luxembourg before her application for asylum was processed.
  It was impossible for Council officials to process that amount of work in one month.
  Payments are processed quickly and securely and credit card information is not stored once the transaction is complete.
  Aladdin thought his case for asylum was being processed by Australian immigration officials but was soon informed of his predicament.
  Application forms are processed according as they are received, so early application is advisable.
  Manny is in a total daze as he's processed through the judicial system, handcuffed, and sent to jail.
  The Government could have spent some money on processing the forms more quickly instead of a fancy advertising campaign.
  Jai Ram Bhai is just one migration lawyer in Suva who says he's processed about 5,000 emigration applications since May last year.
  I was not told why I was arrested until after I was processed: obstructing police.
  They are also processing the grants as quickly as possible at a bureaucratic level.
  Upon processing me, the jailer joked that I had just missed juvenile detention.
  Synonyms
  deal with, attend to, see to, sort out, handle, take care of, action, organize, manage
2. 1.2Computing Operate on (computer data) by means of a program.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Organisations upload their PDF documents, which are processed and returned with the relevant accessibility features added.
  Data is downloaded onto a server at MIT and processed using pattern recognition software.
  The generated data may be processed through the same software used to process the real data.
  Images may be processed or stored locally, or transmitted at a lesser rate.
  Spam levels reached a yearly high in July, accounting for 77 per cent of all emails processed by BlackSpider.
  The net result is that, according to researchers' current calculations data can be processed eight times faster than it is using conventional technology.
  You can also specify if the web page snapshots will be processed.
  But what if the buffer contains a gigabyte of plain text to be processed?
  Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored.
  Digital images of stained material can be easily processed in various image-editing programs.
  Today's PCs process more information faster than anything imagined in the early days of computing.
  Once the data was acquired it needed to be processed for reporting purposes and then stored in the data warehouse for future access.
  The data collected will be processed by Stella, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe.
  The data were processed using the software provided by the manufacturer.
  The Data Protection Act requires company's maintain servers within the EU but allows that data to be processed anywhere.
  Once the data have been processed through our programs to manipulate the data and to define trip ends, two steps remain.
  SMP is a technology that allows two threads to be simultaneously processed by the operating system.
  Payment is made by credit or debit card and is processed securely online in real time.
  A number of researchers have assumed a hierarchical model of language, in which linguistic information is processed in a series of discrete stages.
  This allows a signal to be transmitted to and processed by the logic circuitry indicating that a particular key has been selected.
3. 1.3
  another term for conk

Phrases

be in the process of doing something

Be continuing with an action already started.
a hurricane that was in the process of devastating South Carolina
Example sentencesExamples
- It is also believed that money was in the process of being shipped to the Continent in order to be laundered.
- We were in the process of trying to build a new business.
- The bank is in the process of installing a high end transaction processing switch for this purpose.
- Mr and Mrs Harley were in the process of selling their semi-detached cottage in The Street and had been storing new furniture in the spare bedroom, which caught fire.
- It is easy to see why she has already been the pick of several top directors and is in the process of putting together an impressive range of work.
- Other respondents were in the process of strategically realigning their salary structure.
- I am in the process of applying for a loan to keep my practice open.
- This has already happened in the Sudan and is in the process of happening in Algeria.
- Some were in the process of trying to get their schooling by correspondence or had already started in an alternative school.
- One squad had already reached the structure and were in the process of breaking there way in.
Synonyms
in the course of, in the middle of, in the midst of

in the process

As an unintended part of a course of action.
she would make him pay for this, even if she killed herself in the process
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course, in the process of wanting others, we may well be found wanting by them.
- But he suffered a calf injury in the process and will be out for two to three weeks.
- I think everyone was very relieved to find that he didn't kill anyone in the process.
- Above it, in the process of closing up, is an establishment called the Solid Rock Cafe.
- She has assured me that she will get me in the best shape of my life or kill me in the process.
- It was a good way of getting to know the area and helping the local community in the process.
- Someone bought me a drink on Tuesday, and they snagged a bargain in the process.
- They strive to get all they can even if it means ruining someone else in the process!
- We are at least used now to spiralling costs, so why not keep the planet in a better condition in the process?
- He has been preparing for the part for months, losing weight in the process and even growing a beard.

in process of time

As time goes on.
Example sentencesExamples
- When he began his studies, he was a thoroughgoing Arminian, but in process of time, God used his doctoral studies for his conversion.
- And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto The Lord.
- And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died.
- Interested they were, however: they understood what was said to them, and in process of time came to understand all the characteristic doctrines of Evangelicalism.
- In process of time a younger sister of Mrs. Cates became a convert to Islam.
Synonyms
course, advance, progress, progression, unfolding, evolution

Origin

Middle English: from Old French proces, from Latin processus ‘progression, course’, from the verb procedere (see proceed). Current senses of the verb date from the late 19th century.

process²

verbprəˈsesprəˈsɛs

no object, with adverbial of direction Walk or march in procession.
they processed down the aisle
Example sentencesExamples
- Upon entering the sanctuary, they processed down the aisle towards the altar, which was dimly lit with candles.
- We processed through them, stopping at each station for the reading, prayer, and Catholic aerobics of kneeling and standing
- The priests process round the church, swinging clouds of incense.
- The men trudged into the bar like polar explorers, and processed soggily towards the fire he'd just lit at the far end of the lounge.
- They stood at the back of the church ready to process down the aisle

Origin

Early 19th century: back-formation from procession.

单词	process
释义	process¹ noun ˈprəʊsɛs 1A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end. military operations could jeopardize the peace process Example sentencesExamples Many people have lost their hope regarding this issue because no fruitful results of such processes have been achieved so far. To think about the outcome will be to neglect the process needed to achieve the end result. Helping them restore physiological functions is the first step in the treatment process. This would be achieved by a transparent process whereby the bills in issue would be made clear to the voters at election time. So, this move has to be seen as a first step towards facilitating the process of computerisation. The first commitment must be to the dialogue process and to achieve the possible. To provide a clearly arranged model, we kept the number of processes / steps low. Bobbitt takes the process one step further, using his analysis of the past to predict the future. He breaks every step of the process into a series of questions. Gap analysis of all the business processes is the first step in any e-business project. We the Palestinians believe in peace, the intifada has been an effort to achieve a peace process. Individuals, like groups and organization, resist changing established processes until those processes fail to achieve desired results. The first step in the strengthening process happens when the other candidates drop out. Make sure you fully understand every step of the building process and don't let jargon put you off. The current process is not achieving significant progress, but minor concessions calculated to win more time. Metabolism is a series of chemical processes through which the body uses the nutrients in food to produce the energy it needs. A second step in the overall process is to collect data relevant to the problem. On the whole, there was a greater emphasis on starting a process than on achieving final goals. This was an important step in processes seeking to further deepen our democracy. Moore wanted what he got, a very public fight that he very publicly lost at every step of the process. As is so often the case, each individual step in a decision-making process seems to be completely logical and obvious. Synonyms procedure, operation, action, activity, exercise, affair, business, job, task, undertaking, proceeding 1.1 A natural series of changes. the ageing process Example sentencesExamples Defoliation is, of course, a natural process and happens at the end of each growing season in the autumn. Many studies present mathematical models that describe evolutionary processes involving bacteria. A cascade is a complicated series of processes that ultimately achieves a final, cumulative effect. Food also provides the building blocks for the body's natural repair and maintenance processes. Understanding the developmental processes underlying specific compositional shifts is more difficult to do. Byatt's heroines are victims of a culture whose value-systems are prejudiced against nature and natural processes of ageing. Understanding the body's internal disease process took longer. IT is well understood that genetic change provides the basis for adaptation processes in natural and domesticated populations. These processes convert chemical energy (stored within the cells in the form of biomass) into electrical energy. A burning cigarette is a complex system in which many types of chemical reactions and physical processes occur in parallel. The compounds evaporate into the air through a series of chemical processes that result in especially reflective clouds. The mission will measure and help understand the chemical processes affecting the distribution of ozone in Earth's upper atmosphere. So, by creation, we mean an origin event contrary to natural processes that has been orchestrated or imposed by a greater power. Paul knew that Uncle Edward was a biochemist, and a specialist in natural processes, such as photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Whether it's first- or second-hand, cigarette smoke complicates the body's wound healing process at the cellular level. Darwin himself was prepared to admit that life could gradually emerge by comprehensible chemical processes from non-living precursors Evolution is the process of change over time, over thousands and millions of years. The physical consequences to the woman of pregnancy and childbirth are, of course, natural processes. 1.2 A systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce something. the manufacturing process is relatively simple Example sentencesExamples The vessels could be used for harmless industrial processes or for making chemical weapons.' Strange to think that one day these objects will be totally obsolete, as chemical processes are slowly phased out. Wood pulp is created by both mechanical and chemical processes designed to break down the wood fibers. In this article, we will examine the steps in the fascinating process of making wine. We have the systems, processes, practices and skilled staff needed to operate within this environment. Modern photography's mechanical and chemical reproduction processes seem to be doomed to become completely obsolete. They are primarily products and byproducts of industrial processes, chemical manufacturing and the resulting wastes. Dioxin, a byproduct of chemical processes including combustion, is virtually ubiquitous in the environment. He also studied the chemical processes involved in making glass, pottery and refractory bricks. Over the next couple of months Paul will be following how the production process unfolds. Cargill and Dow spun off the new company to take advantage of the strategic strengths of each, namely biotechnology and advanced chemical processes. Green chemistry uses cutting-edge technology to minimize the environmental impact of chemical processes, manufacturing and waste. This is because it is concerned with increasing the efficiency of the processes by which systems are developed, manufactured, and purchased. The processors will be made using Intel's 0.13 micron fabrication process. Compaction in sands proceeds by eliminating porosity by mechanical and chemical processes, and then by pressure dissolution. Kraft Foods is likely to set the standard for process cheese innovations. Intel has announced a new flash memory product today, built on its 0.13-micron production process technology. These people performed only very simple processes of production. These plans typically included the technical and operational plans to restore business systems and processes at off-site facilities. The workers represented by lawsuits may be only a small portion of those who have been harmed by such chemical processes, which continue to be widely applied in computer manufacturing. Synonyms method, procedure, system, technique, means, practice, way, approach 1.3Computing An instance of a program being executed in a multitasking operating system, typically running in an environment that protects it from other processes. Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately we locked up midway through the boot process. For our example, we start the two required processes on the same system. The updater applications should launch automatically once the download completes to begin the firmware update process. The installation process took under an hour, most of which was used to install Windows. 1.4Printing as modifier Relating to or denoting printing using ink in three colours (cyan, magenta, and yellow) and black to produce a complete range of colour. process inks Example sentencesExamples The deal gives them the exclusive rights to sell the MetalFX silver base and special process inks around the world The holder sports a gray and silver cover with four-color process printing for the back and insides. He invented the process of four-colour process printing onto flexible plastics. 2Law A summons or writ requiring a person to appear in court. Example sentencesExamples I am not persuaded the provinces do have the constitutional or legislative authority to serve a process commenced by summons beyond the borders of Canada. That process was served on Dow Jones in the United States under the two limbs of the Supreme Court Rules. He successfully dodged Earthlink's process servers for several months until they caught up with him in February 2003. In some jurisdictions, the writ has to be served or the process has to be served before the action is brought. The plaintiff must issue his process and must serve it on the defendant. Synonyms summons, writ, subpoena North American citation 3Anatomy Biology A natural appendage or outgrowth on or in an organism, such as a protuberance on a bone. Example sentencesExamples These anomalies are often extra appendages or processes, and are probably most often produced by injury when the exoskeleton is soft. Triangular processes occurred in both bones of pairs 58 times from a total of 334 paired scapulae. The spinous processes of cervical vertebrae 2, 3, 4, and 5 usually possess cleft spines. The newly formed neuron is still immature; later it extends an axon and dendrite processes, and assumes the morphology of a mature neuron. These processes of the maxilla sometimes project backward in the median plane, separating the horizontal plates from each other. verb ˈprəʊsɛs [with object] 1Perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it. the salmon is quickly processed after harvest to preserve the flavour Example sentencesExamples The group's export controls also apply to some items of chemical processing equipment. Sputum was induced, collected, and processed according to a standardized protocol. The lungs were pressure fixed and processed for paraffin embedding. Industries such as dairy farming and meat processing generate waste materials that are dried or minimally processed into fertilizers. The tissue was processed according to a method previously used for this tissue. Whiskey, essences, and many products from the oil refinery industry are processed via distillation. Shredded cheese products are processed on three lines (one retail and two bulk). For years, it's been assumed that bacteria enter empty feather follicles during poultry processing. He had worked for a chemicals processing company, and was also involved in sports. These included chemicals, various processed articles, machines and equipment. Renal biopsies were routinely processed for light, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy. Dozens of nations possess such a capability, which is inherent in modern chemical and food processing industries. Blood donated to the armed services program will be processed at Lackland for worldwide distribution. A price list must be established for tests processed in the office laboratory. Beef and pork are nearly always sold natural and minimally processed. The fresh tissues were routinely processed for transmission electron microscopy. That would mean the nightmare of bad smells suffered by residents during the operation of the wool processing plant could be repeated. It is processed by a series of soakings, which remove the bitter taste, after which it can be boiled to make an edible jelly or dried and ground to a flour for bread-making. With a fluid milk capacity of 32 million pounds, it processes milk, cottage cheese, sour cream, juice and drinks. The demand for soybean oil is excellent, with the product being sold as quickly as it is processed. Choose oils that are unrefined and minimally processed. 1.1 Deal with (someone or something) using an official procedure. the immigration authorities who processed him Example sentencesExamples Applications for houses were processed by Mayo County Council, and the first tenants took up residence in September 2000. Today Bradford MP Marsha Singh condemned the delay in processing her housing application. The Government could have spent some money on processing the forms more quickly instead of a fancy advertising campaign. Some large lenders will accept your application but delay processing it until near the end of your grace period. Upon processing me, the jailer joked that I had just missed juvenile detention. They processed me and ran me through every database they could use, but found nothing. It was impossible for Council officials to process that amount of work in one month. The authorities say they cannot process them all, so he must wait to receive them when he departs. But they denied that the application form was processed internally, saying it was sent back to her after being checked. Aladdin thought his case for asylum was being processed by Australian immigration officials but was soon informed of his predicament. Application forms are processed according as they are received, so early application is advisable. Jai Ram Bhai is just one migration lawyer in Suva who says he's processed about 5,000 emigration applications since May last year. The driver of the jeep was arrested and brought to Navan Station where he was processed under drink-driving legislation and breathalysed. They are also processing the grants as quickly as possible at a bureaucratic level. After his arrest, he was processed by the police in just eight hours, whilst less famous prisoners can spend up to 36 hours before arraignment. He worked eight hours a day in an office processing mountains of applications from people seeking a rebate on a war tax charged on their coal. However, her legal situation deteriorated when she left Luxembourg before her application for asylum was processed. I was not told why I was arrested until after I was processed: obstructing police. Payments are processed quickly and securely and credit card information is not stored once the transaction is complete. Manny is in a total daze as he's processed through the judicial system, handcuffed, and sent to jail. Synonyms deal with, attend to, see to, sort out, handle, take care of, action, organize, manage 1.2Computing Operate on (data) by means of a program. Example sentencesExamples Once the data was acquired it needed to be processed for reporting purposes and then stored in the data warehouse for future access. The net result is that, according to researchers' current calculations data can be processed eight times faster than it is using conventional technology. The data were processed using the software provided by the manufacturer. The generated data may be processed through the same software used to process the real data. This allows a signal to be transmitted to and processed by the logic circuitry indicating that a particular key has been selected. Payment is made by credit or debit card and is processed securely online in real time. The data collected will be processed by Stella, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe. Data is downloaded onto a server at MIT and processed using pattern recognition software. Today's PCs process more information faster than anything imagined in the early days of computing. A number of researchers have assumed a hierarchical model of language, in which linguistic information is processed in a series of discrete stages. SMP is a technology that allows two threads to be simultaneously processed by the operating system. Images may be processed or stored locally, or transmitted at a lesser rate. Organisations upload their PDF documents, which are processed and returned with the relevant accessibility features added. The Data Protection Act requires company's maintain servers within the EU but allows that data to be processed anywhere. But what if the buffer contains a gigabyte of plain text to be processed? Spam levels reached a yearly high in July, accounting for 77 per cent of all emails processed by BlackSpider. Once the data have been processed through our programs to manipulate the data and to define trip ends, two steps remain. You can also specify if the web page snapshots will be processed. Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. Digital images of stained material can be easily processed in various image-editing programs. Phrases be in the process of doing something Be continuing with an action already started. I was in the process of buying a house Example sentencesExamples One squad had already reached the structure and were in the process of breaking there way in. It is also believed that money was in the process of being shipped to the Continent in order to be laundered. Some were in the process of trying to get their schooling by correspondence or had already started in an alternative school. The bank is in the process of installing a high end transaction processing switch for this purpose. We were in the process of trying to build a new business. I am in the process of applying for a loan to keep my practice open. This has already happened in the Sudan and is in the process of happening in Algeria. Mr and Mrs Harley were in the process of selling their semi-detached cottage in The Street and had been storing new furniture in the spare bedroom, which caught fire. It is easy to see why she has already been the pick of several top directors and is in the process of putting together an impressive range of work. Other respondents were in the process of strategically realigning their salary structure. Synonyms in the course of, in the middle of, in the midst of in the process As an unintended part of a course of action. she would make him pay for this, even if she killed herself in the process Example sentencesExamples Of course, in the process of wanting others, we may well be found wanting by them. I think everyone was very relieved to find that he didn't kill anyone in the process. They strive to get all they can even if it means ruining someone else in the process! It was a good way of getting to know the area and helping the local community in the process. He has been preparing for the part for months, losing weight in the process and even growing a beard. Someone bought me a drink on Tuesday, and they snagged a bargain in the process. She has assured me that she will get me in the best shape of my life or kill me in the process. We are at least used now to spiralling costs, so why not keep the planet in a better condition in the process? But he suffered a calf injury in the process and will be out for two to three weeks. Above it, in the process of closing up, is an establishment called the Solid Rock Cafe. in process of time As time goes on. daughters and sons may find themselves, in process of time, caring for their elderly parents Example sentencesExamples When he began his studies, he was a thoroughgoing Arminian, but in process of time, God used his doctoral studies for his conversion. In process of time a younger sister of Mrs. Cates became a convert to Islam. And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died. Interested they were, however: they understood what was said to them, and in process of time came to understand all the characteristic doctrines of Evangelicalism. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto The Lord. Synonyms course, advance, progress, progression, unfolding, evolution Derivatives processable adjective PENG is a computer-processable controlled natural language designed for writing unambiguous and precise specifications text. Example sentencesExamples The machine processable meanings of the nodes are constituted by the patterns of arcs between them. The Semantic Web is really data that is processable by machine,’ says Berners-Lee, who is director of the MIT-based World Wide Web Consortium.’ From the 1970s, the scientific focus shifted away from cellulose to the more processable biopolymer, starch. Typically, liquid processable organic semiconductors will oxidise rapidly, Xerox says, which makes it difficult to build such transistors in air. Origin Middle English: from Old French proces, from Latin processus 'progression, course', from the verb procedere (see proceed). Current senses of the verb date from the late 19th century. Rhymes acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes process² verb prəˈsɛsprəˈsɛs no object, with adverbial of direction Walk or march in procession. they processed down the aisle Example sentencesExamples We processed through them, stopping at each station for the reading, prayer, and Catholic aerobics of kneeling and standing The priests process round the church, swinging clouds of incense. The men trudged into the bar like polar explorers, and processed soggily towards the fire he'd just lit at the far end of the lounge. Upon entering the sanctuary, they processed down the aisle towards the altar, which was dimly lit with candles. They stood at the back of the church ready to process down the aisle Origin Early 19th century: back-formation from procession. noun.1 phr. verb.1 process¹ nounˈprōˌses 1A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end. military operations could jeopardize the peace process Example sentencesExamples Individuals, like groups and organization, resist changing established processes until those processes fail to achieve desired results. He breaks every step of the process into a series of questions. As is so often the case, each individual step in a decision-making process seems to be completely logical and obvious. Helping them restore physiological functions is the first step in the treatment process. This would be achieved by a transparent process whereby the bills in issue would be made clear to the voters at election time. Many people have lost their hope regarding this issue because no fruitful results of such processes have been achieved so far. The first step in the strengthening process happens when the other candidates drop out. On the whole, there was a greater emphasis on starting a process than on achieving final goals. The current process is not achieving significant progress, but minor concessions calculated to win more time. The first commitment must be to the dialogue process and to achieve the possible. To provide a clearly arranged model, we kept the number of processes / steps low. We the Palestinians believe in peace, the intifada has been an effort to achieve a peace process. This was an important step in processes seeking to further deepen our democracy. To think about the outcome will be to neglect the process needed to achieve the end result. So, this move has to be seen as a first step towards facilitating the process of computerisation. Moore wanted what he got, a very public fight that he very publicly lost at every step of the process. Make sure you fully understand every step of the building process and don't let jargon put you off. A second step in the overall process is to collect data relevant to the problem. Gap analysis of all the business processes is the first step in any e-business project. Bobbitt takes the process one step further, using his analysis of the past to predict the future. Metabolism is a series of chemical processes through which the body uses the nutrients in food to produce the energy it needs. Synonyms procedure, operation, action, activity, exercise, affair, business, job, task, undertaking, proceeding 1.1 A natural or involuntary series of changes. the aging process Example sentencesExamples The compounds evaporate into the air through a series of chemical processes that result in especially reflective clouds. The mission will measure and help understand the chemical processes affecting the distribution of ozone in Earth's upper atmosphere. Many studies present mathematical models that describe evolutionary processes involving bacteria. Understanding the body's internal disease process took longer. IT is well understood that genetic change provides the basis for adaptation processes in natural and domesticated populations. These processes convert chemical energy (stored within the cells in the form of biomass) into electrical energy. Understanding the developmental processes underlying specific compositional shifts is more difficult to do. Paul knew that Uncle Edward was a biochemist, and a specialist in natural processes, such as photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Byatt's heroines are victims of a culture whose value-systems are prejudiced against nature and natural processes of ageing. So, by creation, we mean an origin event contrary to natural processes that has been orchestrated or imposed by a greater power. A cascade is a complicated series of processes that ultimately achieves a final, cumulative effect. A burning cigarette is a complex system in which many types of chemical reactions and physical processes occur in parallel. Evolution is the process of change over time, over thousands and millions of years. The physical consequences to the woman of pregnancy and childbirth are, of course, natural processes. Darwin himself was prepared to admit that life could gradually emerge by comprehensible chemical processes from non-living precursors Defoliation is, of course, a natural process and happens at the end of each growing season in the autumn. Whether it's first- or second-hand, cigarette smoke complicates the body's wound healing process at the cellular level. Food also provides the building blocks for the body's natural repair and maintenance processes. 1.2 A systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce or manufacture something. the modern block printer needs to accommodate all the traditional factory processes in one shop Example sentencesExamples Dioxin, a byproduct of chemical processes including combustion, is virtually ubiquitous in the environment. Wood pulp is created by both mechanical and chemical processes designed to break down the wood fibers. The vessels could be used for harmless industrial processes or for making chemical weapons.' The workers represented by lawsuits may be only a small portion of those who have been harmed by such chemical processes, which continue to be widely applied in computer manufacturing. Compaction in sands proceeds by eliminating porosity by mechanical and chemical processes, and then by pressure dissolution. Modern photography's mechanical and chemical reproduction processes seem to be doomed to become completely obsolete. Over the next couple of months Paul will be following how the production process unfolds. Strange to think that one day these objects will be totally obsolete, as chemical processes are slowly phased out. Green chemistry uses cutting-edge technology to minimize the environmental impact of chemical processes, manufacturing and waste. This is because it is concerned with increasing the efficiency of the processes by which systems are developed, manufactured, and purchased. Kraft Foods is likely to set the standard for process cheese innovations. Cargill and Dow spun off the new company to take advantage of the strategic strengths of each, namely biotechnology and advanced chemical processes. Intel has announced a new flash memory product today, built on its 0.13-micron production process technology. These people performed only very simple processes of production. He also studied the chemical processes involved in making glass, pottery and refractory bricks. The processors will be made using Intel's 0.13 micron fabrication process. In this article, we will examine the steps in the fascinating process of making wine. We have the systems, processes, practices and skilled staff needed to operate within this environment. These plans typically included the technical and operational plans to restore business systems and processes at off-site facilities. They are primarily products and byproducts of industrial processes, chemical manufacturing and the resulting wastes. Synonyms method, procedure, system, technique, means, practice, way, approach 1.3Computing A series of interdependent operations carried out by computer. Example sentencesExamples For our example, we start the two required processes on the same system. The installation process took under an hour, most of which was used to install Windows. The updater applications should launch automatically once the download completes to begin the firmware update process. Unfortunately we locked up midway through the boot process. 1.4Printing as modifier Relating to or denoting printing using ink in three colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow) and black to produce a complete range of color. process inks Example sentencesExamples He invented the process of four-colour process printing onto flexible plastics. The deal gives them the exclusive rights to sell the MetalFX silver base and special process inks around the world The holder sports a gray and silver cover with four-color process printing for the back and insides. 2Law A summons or writ requiring a person to appear in court. Example sentencesExamples In some jurisdictions, the writ has to be served or the process has to be served before the action is brought. He successfully dodged Earthlink's process servers for several months until they caught up with him in February 2003. That process was served on Dow Jones in the United States under the two limbs of the Supreme Court Rules. I am not persuaded the provinces do have the constitutional or legislative authority to serve a process commenced by summons beyond the borders of Canada. The plaintiff must issue his process and must serve it on the defendant. Synonyms summons, writ, subpoena 3Anatomy Biology A natural appendage or outgrowth on or in an organism, such as a protuberance on a bone. Example sentencesExamples The spinous processes of cervical vertebrae 2, 3, 4, and 5 usually possess cleft spines. Triangular processes occurred in both bones of pairs 58 times from a total of 334 paired scapulae. These anomalies are often extra appendages or processes, and are probably most often produced by injury when the exoskeleton is soft. The newly formed neuron is still immature; later it extends an axon and dendrite processes, and assumes the morphology of a mature neuron. These processes of the maxilla sometimes project backward in the median plane, separating the horizontal plates from each other. verbˈprōˌses [with object] 1Perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it. the various stages in processing the wool Example sentencesExamples The group's export controls also apply to some items of chemical processing equipment. It is processed by a series of soakings, which remove the bitter taste, after which it can be boiled to make an edible jelly or dried and ground to a flour for bread-making. Sputum was induced, collected, and processed according to a standardized protocol. Industries such as dairy farming and meat processing generate waste materials that are dried or minimally processed into fertilizers. A price list must be established for tests processed in the office laboratory. The demand for soybean oil is excellent, with the product being sold as quickly as it is processed. Choose oils that are unrefined and minimally processed. These included chemicals, various processed articles, machines and equipment. Beef and pork are nearly always sold natural and minimally processed. He had worked for a chemicals processing company, and was also involved in sports. Shredded cheese products are processed on three lines (one retail and two bulk). The tissue was processed according to a method previously used for this tissue. With a fluid milk capacity of 32 million pounds, it processes milk, cottage cheese, sour cream, juice and drinks. For years, it's been assumed that bacteria enter empty feather follicles during poultry processing. Renal biopsies were routinely processed for light, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy. Dozens of nations possess such a capability, which is inherent in modern chemical and food processing industries. The fresh tissues were routinely processed for transmission electron microscopy. Blood donated to the armed services program will be processed at Lackland for worldwide distribution. That would mean the nightmare of bad smells suffered by residents during the operation of the wool processing plant could be repeated. The lungs were pressure fixed and processed for paraffin embedding. Whiskey, essences, and many products from the oil refinery industry are processed via distillation. 1.1 Deal with (someone) using an official and established procedure. the immigration authorities who processed him Example sentencesExamples He worked eight hours a day in an office processing mountains of applications from people seeking a rebate on a war tax charged on their coal. But they denied that the application form was processed internally, saying it was sent back to her after being checked. The authorities say they cannot process them all, so he must wait to receive them when he departs. After his arrest, he was processed by the police in just eight hours, whilst less famous prisoners can spend up to 36 hours before arraignment. The driver of the jeep was arrested and brought to Navan Station where he was processed under drink-driving legislation and breathalysed. Today Bradford MP Marsha Singh condemned the delay in processing her housing application. Some large lenders will accept your application but delay processing it until near the end of your grace period. They processed me and ran me through every database they could use, but found nothing. Applications for houses were processed by Mayo County Council, and the first tenants took up residence in September 2000. However, her legal situation deteriorated when she left Luxembourg before her application for asylum was processed. It was impossible for Council officials to process that amount of work in one month. Payments are processed quickly and securely and credit card information is not stored once the transaction is complete. Aladdin thought his case for asylum was being processed by Australian immigration officials but was soon informed of his predicament. Application forms are processed according as they are received, so early application is advisable. Manny is in a total daze as he's processed through the judicial system, handcuffed, and sent to jail. The Government could have spent some money on processing the forms more quickly instead of a fancy advertising campaign. Jai Ram Bhai is just one migration lawyer in Suva who says he's processed about 5,000 emigration applications since May last year. I was not told why I was arrested until after I was processed: obstructing police. They are also processing the grants as quickly as possible at a bureaucratic level. Upon processing me, the jailer joked that I had just missed juvenile detention. Synonyms deal with, attend to, see to, sort out, handle, take care of, action, organize, manage 1.2Computing Operate on (computer data) by means of a program. Example sentencesExamples Organisations upload their PDF documents, which are processed and returned with the relevant accessibility features added. Data is downloaded onto a server at MIT and processed using pattern recognition software. The generated data may be processed through the same software used to process the real data. Images may be processed or stored locally, or transmitted at a lesser rate. Spam levels reached a yearly high in July, accounting for 77 per cent of all emails processed by BlackSpider. The net result is that, according to researchers' current calculations data can be processed eight times faster than it is using conventional technology. You can also specify if the web page snapshots will be processed. But what if the buffer contains a gigabyte of plain text to be processed? Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. Digital images of stained material can be easily processed in various image-editing programs. Today's PCs process more information faster than anything imagined in the early days of computing. Once the data was acquired it needed to be processed for reporting purposes and then stored in the data warehouse for future access. The data collected will be processed by Stella, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe. The data were processed using the software provided by the manufacturer. The Data Protection Act requires company's maintain servers within the EU but allows that data to be processed anywhere. Once the data have been processed through our programs to manipulate the data and to define trip ends, two steps remain. SMP is a technology that allows two threads to be simultaneously processed by the operating system. Payment is made by credit or debit card and is processed securely online in real time. A number of researchers have assumed a hierarchical model of language, in which linguistic information is processed in a series of discrete stages. This allows a signal to be transmitted to and processed by the logic circuitry indicating that a particular key has been selected. 1.3 another term for conk Phrases be in the process of doing something Be continuing with an action already started. a hurricane that was in the process of devastating South Carolina Example sentencesExamples It is also believed that money was in the process of being shipped to the Continent in order to be laundered. We were in the process of trying to build a new business. The bank is in the process of installing a high end transaction processing switch for this purpose. Mr and Mrs Harley were in the process of selling their semi-detached cottage in The Street and had been storing new furniture in the spare bedroom, which caught fire. It is easy to see why she has already been the pick of several top directors and is in the process of putting together an impressive range of work. Other respondents were in the process of strategically realigning their salary structure. I am in the process of applying for a loan to keep my practice open. This has already happened in the Sudan and is in the process of happening in Algeria. Some were in the process of trying to get their schooling by correspondence or had already started in an alternative school. One squad had already reached the structure and were in the process of breaking there way in. Synonyms in the course of, in the middle of, in the midst of in the process As an unintended part of a course of action. she would make him pay for this, even if she killed herself in the process Example sentencesExamples Of course, in the process of wanting others, we may well be found wanting by them. But he suffered a calf injury in the process and will be out for two to three weeks. I think everyone was very relieved to find that he didn't kill anyone in the process. Above it, in the process of closing up, is an establishment called the Solid Rock Cafe. She has assured me that she will get me in the best shape of my life or kill me in the process. It was a good way of getting to know the area and helping the local community in the process. Someone bought me a drink on Tuesday, and they snagged a bargain in the process. They strive to get all they can even if it means ruining someone else in the process! We are at least used now to spiralling costs, so why not keep the planet in a better condition in the process? He has been preparing for the part for months, losing weight in the process and even growing a beard. in process of time As time goes on. Example sentencesExamples When he began his studies, he was a thoroughgoing Arminian, but in process of time, God used his doctoral studies for his conversion. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto The Lord. And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died. Interested they were, however: they understood what was said to them, and in process of time came to understand all the characteristic doctrines of Evangelicalism. In process of time a younger sister of Mrs. Cates became a convert to Islam. Synonyms course, advance, progress, progression, unfolding, evolution Origin Middle English: from Old French proces, from Latin processus ‘progression, course’, from the verb procedere (see proceed). Current senses of the verb date from the late 19th century. process² verbprəˈsesprəˈsɛs no object, with adverbial of direction Walk or march in procession. they processed down the aisle Example sentencesExamples Upon entering the sanctuary, they processed down the aisle towards the altar, which was dimly lit with candles. We processed through them, stopping at each station for the reading, prayer, and Catholic aerobics of kneeling and standing The priests process round the church, swinging clouds of incense. The men trudged into the bar like polar explorers, and processed soggily towards the fire he'd just lit at the far end of the lounge. They stood at the back of the church ready to process down the aisle Origin Early 19th century: back-formation from procession. noun.1 phr. verb.1
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