axial vs process

axial

noun
  • A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth. 

  • A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds. 

adj
  • Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ 

  • Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis 

  • In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis. 

  • oriented close to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See w:Axial bond. 

process

noun
  • A structure that arises above a surface. 

  • Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health. 

  • A path of succession of states through which a system passes. 

  • A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries. 

  • The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails. 

  • A series of events which produce a result (the product). 

  • An executable task or program. 

  • Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ. 

  • An outgrowth of tissue or cell. 

verb
  • To perform a particular process on a thing. 

  • To develop photographic film. 

  • To take legal proceedings against. 

  • To walk in a procession 

  • To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques. 

  • To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state. 

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