Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word PROCEDURE

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Definitions of PROCEDURE

1. A particular method for performing a task.
2. A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
3. The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
4. (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
5. (obsolete) That which results; issue; product.
6. (computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.
7. (medicine) A surgical operation.

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Examples of Using PROCEDURE in a Sentence

• United States appellate procedure involves the rules and regulations for filing appeals in state courts and federal courts.
• Typically performed as definitive treatment for appendicitis, although sometimes the appendix is prophylactically removed incidental to another abdominal procedure.
• Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) is a spectroanalytical procedure for the quantitative measurement of chemical elements.
• In cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption—a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure.
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure to assist someone who has suffered cardiac arrest.
• A census (from Latin censere, 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given population, usually displayed in the form of statistics.
• It is rarely used as a therapeutic medical procedure, such as when cancer has developed in or spread to the clitoris.
• In the case of non-therapeutic circumcision of children, proponents of laws in favor of the procedure often point to the rights of the parents or practitioners, namely the right of freedom of religion.
• It is a gynecologic procedure used for treatment and removal as well as diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, and is the most commonly used method for first trimester abortion or miscarriage.
• Furthermore, recent studies of Diophantus's work have revealed that the method of solution taught in his Arithmetica matches later medieval Arabic algebra in its concepts and overall procedure.
• It is an example of an algorithm, a step-by-step procedure for performing a calculation according to well-defined rules,.
• The Haber process, also called the Haber–Bosch process, is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia.
• The Inquisition was a medieval Catholic judicial procedure where the ecclesiastical judges could initiate, investigate and try cases, and later a name for various State-organized tribunals whose aim was to combat heresy, apostasy, blasphemy, witchcraft, and other dangers, using this procedure.
• In computational mathematics, an iterative method is a mathematical procedure that uses an initial value to generate a sequence of improving approximate solutions for a class of problems, in which the i-th approximation (called an "iterate") is derived from the previous ones.
• When used as reagents in a chemical procedure, they are typically generated when needed, and consumed as soon as (or while) they are produced.
• The katal is invariant of the measurement procedure, but the measured numerical value is not; the value depends on the experimental conditions.
• Oil painting is a painting method involving the procedure of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder.
• Shuffling is a procedure used to randomize a deck of playing cards to provide an element of chance in card games.
• This is typically done after the cards have already been shuffled, and the procedure is used just prior to the cards being dealt to the players.
• Process control monitoring, in computing, a procedure follower to obtain detailed information about the process use.

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