Definition of proceedure
1. procedure [ n ] a particular course of action intended to achieve a results
Examples:
"the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"
"it was a process of trial and error"
(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)
So an objective look at our present procedures may move us to consider seriously this possibly analogous situation .
(William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)
Hence , the only defensible procedure is to repress any and every notion , unless it gives evidence that it is perfectly safe .
(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)
The first pretrial conference - held to appoint amici_curiae to represent the interest of the stockholders of du_Pont and General_Motors and to consider the procedure to be followed in the subsequent hearings - took_place on September 25 , 1957 .
The Court adopted this procedure with an appropriate time schedule for carrying it out .
(U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)
Held : On the record in this case , the administrative procedures prescribed by the Act were fully complied with ; petitioner was not denied due_process ; and his conviction is sustained .
Synonyms process procedure Related Terms activity routine condition calculation stiffening operating_procedure indirection fingerprinting rule mapping diagnostic_procedure emergency_procedure Bertillon_system rigmarole experimental_procedure medical_procedure genetic_fingerprinting work2. procedure [ n ] a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
Examples: : "the operations in building a house"
"certain machine tool operations"
(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)
A simplified version of the instrumentation for this procedure is shown in Fig. 2 .
(Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)
It was assumed that the sampling procedure was purely random with_respect_to the personality variables under investigation .
(H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)
They will give suggestions that can be worked_up into field procedures .
(A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)
There is no apparent reason why we should feel bound by Swadesh 's rules and procedure since his predilections and aims have grown so vast .
It seems time to consider a revision of operational procedures for lexicostatistic studies on a more humble , solid , and limited basis .
Synonyms procedure operation Related Terms work go3. procedure [ n ] a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Synonyms routine procedure subprogram function subroutine Related Terms software contingency_procedure reusable_routine library_routine random_number_generator recursive_routine cataloged_procedure supervisory_routine tracing_routine utility_routine program4. procedure [ n ] a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
Synonyms procedure Related Terms proceeding objection bureaucratic_procedureSimilar Spelling
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