processing

Noun
  1. Preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure (synset 113562370)
    "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"
    is a type of: physical process, process - a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
    subtypes:
    • blowing - processing that involves blowing a gas
    • data processing - (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information
    • developing, development - processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
    • purification, refinement, refining - the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
    • vulcanisation, vulcanization - process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them

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