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processing

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English

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, process +‎ -ing .

Pronunciation

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Noun

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processing (countable and uncountable , plural processings )

  1. The action of the verb to process .
    • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, "Focus on Everything", in American Scientist :
      Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
    • 2023 December 27, Ben Jones, "Inside Sellafield... by rail", in RAIL, number 999, page 20:
      For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.
  2. The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
  3. (computing ) The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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action of the verb to process
act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures

Verb

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processing

  1. present participle and gerund of process

References

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