Process

/ˈpɹoʊsɛs/

noun

  1. A series of events which produce a result (the product).

    This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.

  2. 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.

  3. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

verb

  1. To perform a particular process on a thing.

  2. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.

    We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.

  3. To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

    I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.

process

Loading dictionaries...

Initializing dictionary manager

+