process; physical process




a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

"events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"

Type of:
  • physical entity

Types:
  • phenomenon
  • chelation
  • dealignment
  • decrease; decrement
  • degeneration; devolution
  • development; evolution
  • economic process
  • encapsulation
  • execution; instruction execution
  • human process
  • increase; increment; growth
  • industrial process
  • irreversible process
  • iteration; looping
  • iteration; loop
  • natural process; natural action; action; activity
  • operation; functioning; performance
  • organic process; biological process
  • photography
  • processing
  • reversible process
  • sensitization; sensitisation
  • shaping; defining
  • variation


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