Nouns denoting natural proesses
- doubling
- increase by a factor of two
- association
- (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
- anthropogeny
- the evolution or genesis of the human race
- hydration
- the process of combining with water; usually reversible
- alluvion
- gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
- beach erosion
- the erosion of beaches
- intrusion
- the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation
- polymerization
- a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound
- oliguria
- production of an abnormally small amount of urine
- anaphase
- the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
- sequestration
- the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions
- widening
- an increase in width
- absorption
- (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- release
- a process that liberates or discharges something
- acetylation
- the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound
- carbon cycle
- the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
- schizogony
- asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans
- iteration
- (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
- blaze
- a strong flame that burns brightly
- endothermic reaction
- a chemical reaction accompanied by the absorption of heat
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