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[ noun ] preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

Examples

: "the processing of newly arrived immigrants" "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"

Used in print

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

Guidance and advice are available on new product research and development ; new product potential ; processing methods ; product and market developments ; new industrial uses for raw , semi-processed and waste_materials ; and industrial uses for agricultural products .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

One must include the preparation of soft_drinks and the processing of milk and milk products .

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