[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

process \proc"ess\, n. f. proc`es, l. processus. see
   proceed.
   1913 webster
   1. the act of proceeding; continued forward movement;
      procedure; progress; advance. "long process of time."
      --milton.
      1913 webster

            the thoughts of men are widened with the process of
            the suns.                             --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   2. a series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive
      act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual
      course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process
      of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process;
      processes of nature.
      1913 webster

            tell her the process of antonio's end. --shak.
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   3. a statement of events; a narrative. obs. --chaucer.
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   4. anat.  zool. any marked prominence or projecting part,
      especially of a bone; anapophysis.
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   5. law the whole course of proceedings in a cause real or
      personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end
      of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the
      defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic
      term for writs of the class called judicial.
      1913 webster

   deacon's process from h. deacon, who introduced it
      chem., a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing
      hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been
      previously saturated with a solution of some metallic
      salt, as sulphate of copper.

   final process practice, a writ of execution in an action
      at law. --burrill.

   in process, in the condition of advance, accomplishment,
      transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed.

   jury process law, the process by which a jury is summoned
      in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced.
      --burrill.

   leblanc's process chem., the process of manufacturing
      soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the
      sodium sulphate so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting
      with charcoal, and converting the sodium sulphide to
      sodium carbonate by roasting with lime.

   mesne process. see under mesne.

   process milling, the process of high milling for grinding
      flour. see under milling.

   reversible process thermodynamics, any process consisting
      of a cycle of operations such that the different
      operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order
      with a reversal of their effects.
      1913 webster
see also:
proceed deacon's process final process in process jury process leblanc's process 
mesne process mesne process milling milling reversible process 

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Jury System >> J Words
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Due Process >> D Words
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Markov Process >> M Words
Markov Process, definition of term: Markov Process
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Grand Jury >> G Words
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Central Process >> C Words
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