procedure; process




a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

"the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

Type of:
  • activity

Types:
  • Bertillon system
  • fingerprinting
  • genetic profiling; genetic fingerprinting
  • diagnostic procedure; diagnostic technique
  • emergency procedure
  • experimental procedure
  • calculation; computation; computing
  • medical procedure
  • mapping; chromosome mapping
  • operating procedure
  • stiffening
  • indirection
  • rigmarole; rigamarole
  • routine; modus operandi
  • condition; experimental condition
  • rule; formula


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