Vi fant 2 definisjoner av natural process på engelsk.
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| natural process - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" | ||
| natural action, action, activity | ||
| physical process, process a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls" | ||
| radiation the act of spreading outward from a central source | ||
| absorption (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid | ||
| acidification the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid | ||
| adiabatic process (thermodynamics) any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat | ||
| aeration the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent | ||
| antiredeposition the process of preventing redeposition | ||
| capture the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | ||
| capture the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | ||
| centrifugation the process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge | ||
| chemical action, chemical change, chemical process (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved | ||
| chromatography a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency | ||
| concretion the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys) | ||
| condensation (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams | ||
| convection the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion | ||
| clotting, coagulation, curdling the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | ||
| decay the organic phenomenon of rotting | ||
| demagnetisation, demagnetization the process of removing magnetization | ||
| desorption changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state | ||
| diffusion the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | ||
| disintegration, dissolution a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system; "a disintegration of personality" | ||
| distillment, distillation the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors | ||
| drift a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" | ||
| effervescence the process of bubbling as gas escapes | ||
| cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | ||
| ecesis, establishment a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence | ||
| extinction the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" | ||
| extraction the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction" | ||
| feedback response to an inquiry or experiment | ||
| filtration the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter | ||
| flocculation the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations | ||
| flow the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | ||
| formation the act of fabricating something in a particular shape | ||
| fossilisation, fossilization becoming inflexible or out of date | ||
| geologic process, geological process (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified | ||
| curing, solidification, solidifying, hardening, set the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) | ||
| inactivation the process of rendering inactive; "the gene inactivation system"; "thermal inactivation of serum samples" | ||
| ion exchange a process in which ions are exchanged between a solution and an insoluble (usually resinous) solid; widely used in industrial processing | ||
| ionisation, ionization the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas | ||
| leach, leaching the process of leaching | ||
| magnetic induction, magnetisation, magnetization the physical property of being magnetic | ||
| materialisation, materialization an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | ||
| nuclear reaction (physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei | ||
| opacification the process of becoming cloudy or opaque | ||
| oscillation (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | ||
| oxygenation the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen; "the oxygenation of the blood" | ||
| pair creation, pair formation, pair production the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus | ||
| phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition | ||
| precession of the equinoxes a slow westward shift of the equinoxes along the plane of the ecliptic caused by precession of the Earth's axis of rotation | ||
| release (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone | ||
| saltation (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species | ||
| scattering a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | ||
| sericulture the production of raw silk by raising silkworms | ||
| sink plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe | ||
| soakage, soak, soaking washing something by allowing it to soak | ||
| softening the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron by heat" | ||
| sorption the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) | ||
| source a facility where something is available | ||
| rigidification, rigidifying, stiffening the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance" | ||
| stimulation the act of arousing an organism to action | ||
| ecological succession, succession acquisition of property by descent or by will | ||
| natural selection, survival of the fittest, survival, selection something that survives | ||
| synergy, synergism the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | ||
| temperature change a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | ||
| transduction the process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form; "the transduction of acoustic waves into voltages by a microphone" | ||
| transpiration the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants | ||
