ALL meanings of processual
proc·ess
P p - noun plural processual a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk. 1
- noun plural processual a continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner: the process of decay. 1
- noun plural processual Law. the summons, mandate, or writ by which a defendant or thing is brought before court for litigation. the whole course of the proceedings in an action at law. 1
- noun plural processual Photography. photomechanical or photoengraving methods collectively. 1
- noun plural processual Biology, Anatomy. a natural outgrowth, projection, or appendage: a process of a bone. 1
- noun plural processual the action of going forward or on. 1
- noun plural processual the condition of being carried on. 1
- noun plural processual course or lapse, as of time. 1
- noun plural processual conk4 (defs 1, 2). 1
- verb with object processual to treat or prepare by some particular series of actions, as in manufacturing. 1
- verb with object processual to handle (papers, records, etc.) by systematically organizing them, recording or making notations on them, following up with appropriate action, or the like: to process mail. 1
- verb with object processual to require (someone) to answer questionnaires, perform various tasks, and sometimes to undergo physical and aptitude classification examinations before the beginning or termination of a period of service: The army processes all personnel entering or leaving the service. 1
- verb with object processual to convert (an agricultural commodity) into marketable form by a special series of steps, as pasteurization. 1
- verb with object processual to institute a legal process against; prosecute. 1
- verb with object processual to serve a process or summons on. 1
- verb with object processual Computers. to carry out operations on (data or programs). 1
- verb with object processual conk4 (def 3). 1
- verb without object processual to undergo the activities involved in hiring or firing personnel: The recruits expected to process in four days. 1
- adjective processual prepared or modified by an artificial process or procedure: process cheese. 1
- adjective processual noting, pertaining to, or involving photomechanical or photoengraving methods: a process print. 1
- adjective processual Informal. of or relating to hair that has been conked, or chemically straightened. 1
- adjective processual Movies. created by or used in process cinematography: a moving background on a process screen. 1
- adjective processual relating to a process 0
- adjective processual relating to a scientific approach to social science methodology 0
- adjective processual denoting an approach to archaeology that includes the study of cultural change and variability 0