processing

Collocations

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ADJ.

associated, closed, concentrated, developed, done, emotional, english, larger

The emotional processing required after the argument took several days.

VERB + PROCESSING

affect, bank, develop, fish, having, isn't, police, set

The new software isn't processing our orders fast enough.

PROCESSING + NOUN

business, commodities, facility, fees, handicrafts, hydrocarbons, industry, information

The factory invested in new equipment to improve its commodity processing facility.

PREP.

about, down, in, on, with

My brain was still processing the shocking news when she asked me to respond.

Definitions

noun

1

The action of the verb to process.

Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.

For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.

2

The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.

3

The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.

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Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of fie

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For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power st

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Please advise us, if possible, of a company which has developed image processing software.

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This result means, contrary to prior expectations, that the number of variables does not affect the processing speed.

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The original book dealt primarily with the natural language processing of English.

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And young people who described themselves as conservative had an amygdala (the brain structure associated with emotional processing) that was larger.

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