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procedure
has definitions from the fields of work,law,computer science
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[ noun ] a particular course of action intended to achieve a results
Synonyms Examples "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license" "it was a process of trial and error" Used in print (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)So an objective look at our present procedures may move us to consider seriously this possibly analogous situation . (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Hence , the only defensible procedure is to repress any and every notion , unless it gives evidence that it is perfectly safe . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)The first pretrial conference - held to appoint amici_curiae to represent the interest of the stockholders of du_Pont and General_Motors and to consider the procedure to be followed in the subsequent hearings - took_place on September 25 , 1957 . The Court adopted this procedure with an appropriate time schedule for carrying it out . (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)Held : On the record in this case , the administrative procedures prescribed by the Act were fully complied with ; petitioner was not denied due_process ; and his conviction is sustained . |
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[ noun ] (work) a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
Synonyms Examples : "the operations in building a house" "certain machine tool operations" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)A simplified version of the instrumentation for this procedure is shown in Fig. 2 . (Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)It was assumed that the sampling procedure was purely random with_respect_to the personality variables under investigation . (H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)They will give suggestions that can be worked_up into field procedures . (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)There is no apparent reason why we should feel bound by Swadesh 's rules and procedure since his predilections and aims have grown so vast . It seems time to consider a revision of operational procedures for lexicostatistic studies on a more humble , solid , and limited basis . |
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[ noun ] (computer science) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
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[ noun ] (law) a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
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