English > procedure: 4 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | A particular course of action intended to achieve a result. |
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| Example | "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license" |
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| Synonym | process |
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| Narrower | Bertillon system | A system or procedure for identifying persons |
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| calculation, computation, computing | The procedure of calculating |
| condition, experimental condition | The procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition |
| diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique | A procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis |
| emergency procedure | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) |
| experimental procedure | The specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment |
| fingerprinting | The procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification |
| genetic profiling, genetic fingerprinting | The procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification |
| indirection | indirect procedure or action |
| mapping, chromosome mapping | (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome |
| medical procedure | A procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners |
| operating procedure | A procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation |
| rigmarole, rigamarole | A long and complicated and confusing / confusing procedure |
| routine, modus operandi | An unvarying or habitual method or procedure |
| rule, formula | (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems |
| stiffening | The act of becoming stiff |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
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| Spanish | procedimiento, proceso |
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| Catalan | procediment, procès |
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| Adjectives | procedural | of or relating to procedure |
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| Verbs | proceed | follow a procedure or take a course |
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English > procedure: 4 senses > noun 3, communication| Meaning | A set sequence of steps, part of larger / larger computer program. |
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| Synonyms | routine, subroutine, subprogram, function |
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| Part of | program, programme, computer program, computer programme | (computer science) a sequence / sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute |
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| Narrower | cataloged procedure | A set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name |
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| contingency procedure | An alternative to the normal procedure |
| library routine | A debugged routine that is maintained in a program library |
| random number generator | A routine designed to yield a random number |
| recursive routine | A routine that can call itself |
| reusable routine | A routine that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly |
| supervisory routine, executive routine | A routine that coordinates the operation of subroutines |
| tracing routine | A routine that provides a chronological record of the execution of a computer program |
| utility routine, service routine | A routine that can be used as needed |
| Broader | software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, package | (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory |
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| Spanish | función, procedimiento, subprograma, subrutina |
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| Catalan | subprograma, subrutina |
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| Adjectives | procedural | of or relating to procedure |
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