Nouns denoting natural proesses
- psychoanalytic process
- a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory
- distributed data processing
- data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities
- focalization
- the confinement of an infection to a limited area
- ossification
- the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior
- Read method of childbirth
- a method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological; involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises
- rooting
- the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
- superposition
- (geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another
- functioning
- process or manner of functioning or operating
- diffusion
- (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration
- segregation
- (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
- electrolysis
- (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions
- binary operation
- an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values
- nuclear reaction
- (physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei
- Europeanization
- assimilation into European culture
- expectoration
- the process of coughing up and spitting out
- reflation
- inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state
- irruption
- a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
- rationalisation
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
- roughness
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- ulceration
- the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated
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