English noun: physical process | |||
1. | physical process a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | ||
Samples | Events now in process. The process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls. | ||
Synonyms | process | ||
Broader (hypernym) | physical entity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | action, activity, biological process, chelation, dealignment, decrease, decrement, defining, degeneration, development, devolution, economic process, encapsulation, evolution, execution, functioning, growth, human process, increase, increment, industrial process, instruction execution, irreversible process, iteration, iteration, loop, looping, natural action, natural process, operation, organic process, performance, phenomenon, photography, processing, reversible process, sensitisation, sensitization, shaping, variation | ||