| NOUN | Tops | physical process, process | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
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| Meaning | A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states. | |
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| Synonym | process | |
| Narrower | chelation | (medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning |
| dealignment | A process whereby voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening / weakening the structure of political parties | |
| decrease, decrement | A process of becoming smaller or shorter | |
| degeneration, devolution | The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | |
| development, evolution | A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage / stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | |
| economic process | Any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth | |
| encapsulation | The process of enclosing (as in a capsule) | |
| execution, instruction execution | (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer | |
| human process | A process in which human beings are involved | |
| increase, increment, growth | A process of becoming larger / larger or longer or more numerous or more important | |
| industrial process | A systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something | |
| irreversible process | Any process that is not reversible / reversible | |
| iteration, looping | (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained | |
| iteration, loop | (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated | |
| natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | |
| operation, functioning, performance | Process or manner of functioning or operating | |
| organic process, biological process | A process occurring in living organisms | |
| phenomenon | Any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning | |
| photography | The process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces | |
| processing | Preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure | |
| reversible process | Any process in which a system can be made to pass through the same states in the reverse order when the process is reversed | |
| sensitization, sensitisation | (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations) | |
| shaping, defining | Any process serving to define the shape of something | |
| variation | The process of varying or being varied | |
| Broader | physical entity | An entity that has physical existence |
| Spanish | proceso físico, proceso | |
| Catalan | procés físic, procés | |
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