Condyle vs. Process

Condylenoun

(anatomy) A smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.

Processnoun

A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.

‘This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.’;

Condylenoun

A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; - sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.

Processnoun

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

Condylenoun

a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone

Processnoun

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

Condyle

A condyle ( or ; Latin: condylus, from Greek: kondylos; κόνδυλος knuckle) is the round prominence at the end of a bone, most often part of a joint - an articulation with another bone. It is one of the markings or features of bones, and can refer to: On the femur, in the knee joint: Medial condyle Lateral condyle On the tibia, in the knee joint: Medial condyle Lateral condyle On the humerus, in the elbow joint: Condyle of humerus (Condylus humeri) On the mandible, in the temporomandibular joint: Mandibular condyle On the occipital bone, in the atlanto-occipital joint: Occipital condylesAlthough not generally termed condyles, the trochlea and capitulum of the humerus act as condyles in the elbow, and the femur head acts as a condyle in the hip joint.

Processnoun

(anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.

Processnoun

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

Processnoun

(biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.

Processnoun

(anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.

Processnoun

(computing) A task or program that is or was executing.

Processverb

(transitive) to perform a particular process on a thing

Processverb

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

‘We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.’;

Processverb

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

Processverb

To walk in a procession.

Processnoun

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

‘The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.’;

Processnoun

A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.

‘Tell her the process of Antonio's end.’;

Processnoun

A statement of events; a narrative.

Processnoun

Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.

Processnoun

The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; - a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.

Processnoun

a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;

‘the procedure of obtaining a driver's license’; ‘it was a process of trial and error’;

Processnoun

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’;

Processnoun

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;

‘the process of thinking’; ‘the cognitive operation of remembering’;

Processnoun

a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

Processnoun

a mental process that you are not directly aware of;

‘the process of denial’;

Processnoun

a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;

‘a bony process’;

Processverb

deal with in a routine way;

‘I'll handle that one’; ‘process a loan’; ‘process the applicants’;

Processverb

subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition;

‘process cheese’; ‘process hair’; ‘treat the water so it can be drunk’; ‘treat the lawn with chemicals’; ‘treat an oil spill’;

Processverb

perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information;

‘The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech’;

Processverb

institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;

‘He was warned that the district attorney would process him’; ‘She actioned the company for discrimination’;

Processverb

shape, form, or improve a material;

‘work stone into tools’; ‘process iron’; ‘work the metal’;

Processverb

deliver a warrant or summons to someone;

‘He was processed by the sheriff’;

Processverb

march in a procession;

‘They processed into the dining room’;