process
series of events which occur over an extended period of time
boiling
the process of bringing a liquid to a boil
animal slaughter
killing of nonhuman animals
topping
process by which a mower or similar implement is used to "top", or remove, the aerial part of a crop, in order to prevent seed formation and distribution onto the soil
examination
process to answer questions requiring special knowledge
chaotic mixing
process by which flow tracers develop into complex fractals under the action of a fluid flow
electronic court filing
automated transmission of legal documents from an attorney from a court to an attorney, and from an attorney or other user to another attorney or other user of legal documents
judicial deliberation
process by which a court formed an opinion about a lawsuit
food rescue
practice of gleaning edible food that would otherwise go to waste, and distributing it to local emergency food programs
memory refresh
process of periodically reading information from an area of computer memory and immediately rewriting the read information to the same area without modification, for the purpose of preserving the information
ripple effect
disturbance that propagates through a system
personal development
improvement of awareness and identity, talents and potential, to facilitate employability, enhance quality of life and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations
decarbonization
change of economy, especially of energy industries, towards lower carbon dioxide emissions
fluid flow
movement of fluid matter
classification
process of grouping of objects into classes
birth
process of an organism releasing its offspring
settlement
distortion or disruption of parts of a building
folding
bending an object over onto itself to form layers
folding
bending an object over onto itself to form layers
video game monetization
process that a video game publisher can use to generate revenue from a video game product
prisoner reentry
process by which prisoners who have been released return to the community
repopulation
phenomenon of increasing the numerical size of human inhabitants or organisms of a particular species after they had almost gone extinct
gas flaring
gas combustion process
contamination
presence of an unwanted constituent, harmful substance or impurity in a material, physical body, or environment
schism in Christianity
division between people, usually belonging to an christian organization
Joining of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe to the Moscow Patriarchate
process of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe (AROCWE), formerly part of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, entering the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Waste compaction
process of reducing waste size
manifesting
phenomenon or process of thoughts, desires, and expectations becoming reality and New Thought practice(s) designed to direct this process
vibration isolation
Prevention of transmission of vibration
Great Purge
Soviet campaign of political repression, imprisonment, and execution (August 1936 - March 1938)
metathesis
the rearranging of sounds or syllables in a word or of words in a sentence in linguistics
Bergeron process
process of ice crystal growth in clouds
adverse selection
selective trading based on possession of hidden information
inference
act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true
search and seizure
legal procedure by which the police commence search of an entity's property and confiscate any relevant evidence
sewing
craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread
neutron activation
process in which neutron radiation induces radioactivity in materials
electron transfer
relocation of an electron from an atom or molecule to another
settling
process where suspended particulates drift towards the bottom of a fluid
electromagnetic tuning
process
roof insulation
insulation of a building's roof
software release life cycle
sum of the phases of development and maturity for computer software, which range from its initial development to its eventual release, and include updated bug-fix versions of the released version
downgrade
reverting software/hardware back to an older version: opposite of upgrade
transient state
system when a process variable or variables have been changed and the system has not yet reached a steady state
software build
complete process of converting source code into software artifacts
coalescence
process by which droplets, bubbles, or particles merge during contact
project planning
second phase of project management, which relates to the use of schedules such as Gantt charts to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment
fossil-fuel phase-out
discontinuation of the use of fossil fuels