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Process vs. Mechanism

Process and Mechanism Definitions

Process

A series of actions, changes, or functions bringing about a result
The process of digestion.
The process of obtaining a driver's license.

Mechanism

A machine or mechanical appliance.

Process

A series of operations performed in the making or treatment of a product
A manufacturing process.
Leather dyed during the tanning process.

Mechanism

The arrangement of connected parts in a machine.

Process

Progress; passage
The process of time.
Events now in process.

Mechanism

A system of parts that operate or interact like those of a machine
The mechanism of the solar system.
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Process

The use of the law courts and other fora as a means of seeking redress
The adversarial process.
Due process of law.

Mechanism

An instrument or a process, physical or mental, by which something is done or comes into being
"The mechanism of oral learning is largely that of continuous repetition" (T.G.E. Powell).

Process

The set of actions and events that constitute a legal proceeding or a significant portion thereof
The trial process.
The sentencing process.

Mechanism

A habitual manner of acting to achieve an end.

Process

(Law) A means of compelling a person to appear in court, especially a summons ordering a defendant to appear in court.

Mechanism

(Psychology) A usually unconscious mental and emotional pattern that shapes behavior in a given situation or environment
A defense mechanism.
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Process

(Biology) An outgrowth of tissue; a projecting part
A bony process.

Mechanism

The sequence of steps in a chemical reaction.

Process

Any of various photomechanical or photoengraving methods.

Mechanism

(Philosophy) The doctrine that all natural phenomena are explicable by material causes and mechanical principles.

Process

A running software program or other computing operation.

Mechanism

(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
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Process

A part of a running software program or other computing operation that does a single task.

Mechanism

Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.

Process

See conk3.

Mechanism

A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.

Process

To put through the steps of a prescribed procedure
Processing newly arrived immigrants.
Process an order.

Mechanism

A mental, physical, or chemical process.

Process

To prepare, treat, or convert by subjecting to a special process
Process ore to obtain minerals.

Mechanism

Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.

Process

(Computers) To perform operations on (data).

Mechanism

(philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

Process

To gain an understanding or acceptance of; come to terms with
Processed the traumatic event in therapy.

Mechanism

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod.

Process

To straighten (hair) by a chemical process; conk.

Mechanism

The series of causal relations that operate to produce an effect in any system; as, the mechanism of a chemical reaction.

Process

To move along in a procession
"The man in the panama hat offered his arm and ... they processed into the dining room" (Anita Brookner).

Mechanism

Mechanical operation or action.
He acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must be performed either by mechanism or accident.

Process

Prepared or converted by a special process
Process cheese.

Mechanism

An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements.

Process

Made by or used in any of several photomechanical or photoengraving processes
A process print.

Mechanism

The atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction;
He determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions

Process

A series of events which produce a result (the product).
This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.

Mechanism

The technical aspects of doing something;
A mechanism of social control
Mechanisms of communication
The mechanics of prose style

Process

(manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.

Mechanism

A natural object resembling a machine in structure or function;
The mechanism of the ear
The mechanism of infection

Process

A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

Mechanism

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

Process

(anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.

Mechanism

Device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

Process

(legal) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.

Process

(biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.

Process

(anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.

Process

(computing) An executable task or program.

Process

The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

Process

(transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.

Process

(transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.

Process

To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.

Process

To develop photographic film.

Process

To take legal proceedings against.

Process

To walk in a procession

Process

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.
The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.

Process

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.
Tell her the process of Antonio's end.

Process

A statement of events; a narrative.

Process

Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.

Process

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.

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

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

Process

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;
The process of thinking
The cognitive operation of remembering

Process

A writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

Process

A mental process that you are not directly aware of;
The process of denial

Process

A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;
A bony process

Process

Deal with in a routine way;
I'll handle that one
Process a loan
Process the applicants

Process

Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition;
Process cheese
Process hair
Treat the water so it can be drunk
Treat the lawn with chemicals
Treat an oil spill

Process

Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information;
The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech

Process

Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
He was warned that the district attorney would process him
She actioned the company for discrimination

Process

Shape, form, or improve a material;
Work stone into tools
Process iron
Work the metal

Process

Deliver a warrant or summons to someone;
He was processed by the sheriff

Process

March in a procession;
They processed into the dining room

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