Nouns denoting natural proesses
- printing operation
- an operation that controls the printing or display of information
- induction heating
- the heating of a conducting material caused by an electric current induced in it
- epistasis
- the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
- chemical action
- (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
- deflagration
- combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
- monogenesis
- asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores
- nidation
- (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals
- hardening
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- rising prices
- a general and progressive increase in prices
- fixed-cycle operation
- an operation that is completed in a specified number of regularly timed execution cycles
- vermiculation
- the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
- overheating
- excessive heating
- lactation
- the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
- rationalization
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
- backup
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- agglutination
- the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
- reticulation
- (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
- carriage return
- the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line
- data mining
- data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases; a way to discover new meaning in data
- eclipsis
- omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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