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process

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See Serve .] The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants" subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A series of events to produce a result, especially as contrasted to product. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To perform a particular process. 2 (context transitive English) To treat with a substance 3 (context transitive English) To think ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In computing, a process is an instance of a computer program that is being executed. It contains the program code and its current activity. Depending on the operating system (OS), a process may be made up of multiple threads of execution that execute instructions ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to go in procession," 1814, "A colloquial or humorous back-formation" from procession [OED]. Accent on second syllable.

Usage examples of process.

The preparations for the abjuration will be the same as were explained in the fourth and fifth methods of concluding a process on behalf of the faith.

These protected the main bodies by a process of ablation so that to the opposition each man appeared to flare up under fire like a living torch.

This dictum became, two years later, accepted doctrine when the Court invalidated a State law on the ground that it abridged freedom of speech contrary to the due process clause of Amendment XIV.

The transformation of the absolutist and patrimonial model consisted in a gradual process that replaced the theological foundation ofterritorial patrimony with a new foundation that was equally transcendent.

This new totality of power was structured in part by new capitalist productive processes on the one hand and old networks of absolutist administration on the other.

Utricularia,-it is probable that these processes absorb excrementitious and decaying animal matter.

They continued yesterday the tense and prolonged process of attempting to lure Abies out of the cabin.

The unpredictability of process did not make it acausal, only opaque before the fact.

Corporate structure information such as organization charts, hierarchy charts, employee or departmental lists, reporting structure, names, positions, internal contact numbers, employee numbers, or similar information that is used for internal processes should not be made available on publicly accessible Web sites.

For all the processes essential to a physical acoustics are accessible to the eye and other senses.

On the fifth day the line of demarcation extended to the spine of the scapula, laying bare the bone and exposing the acromion process and involving the pectoral muscles.

There is a case on record of a boy of fourteen who was shot in the right shoulder, the bullet entering through the right upper border of the trapezius, two inches from the acromion process.

But the crowders, like their common adapid ancestors, relied heavily on the caterpillars and grubs they snatched from the branches, and they had sharp, narrow teeth to process their insect prey.

Peruvians are enslaved by it, and in Colombia whole populations are addicted to it and the process of slow degeneration from its cumulative effects.

Another subtle aspect of addiction is that, although it is the first dose that hooks us, the whole process is usually so subtle and gradual that it can take years for us to realize that we are actually hooked.