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In biology|lang=en terms the difference between process and wayfinding

is that process is (biology) an outgrowth of tissue or cell while wayfinding is (biology) the ability of a person or animal to orientate itself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting itself and navigating.

As nouns the difference between process and wayfinding

is that process is a series of events to produce a result, especially as contrasted to product while wayfinding is (biology) the ability of a person or animal to orientate itself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting itself and navigating.

As a verb process

is to perform a particular process or process can be (mostly british) to walk in a procession.

process

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(es)
  • A series of events to produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 27, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Bayern Munich 2-0 Man City , passage=But they came up against an impressive force in Bayern, who extended their run to 10 wins on the trot, having scored 28 goals in the process and conceding none.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= T time , passage=Yet in “Through a Latte, Darkly”, a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain, Edward Kleinbard […] shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate what he calls “stateless income”: […]. In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.}}
    This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
  • (legal) The act of serving a defendant with a summons or a writ.
  • (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
  • (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
  • (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
  • (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
  • * 1960', Mack Tyner, '''''Process''' Engineering Calculations: Material and Energy Balances'' - Ordinarily a '''process''' plant will use a steam boiler to supply its ' process heat requirements and to drive a steam-turbine generator.
  • * 1987', J. R. Richards, ''Principles of control system design'' in ''Modelling and control of fermentation '''process'''es'' - The words ''plant'' or '''''process''''' infer generally any dynamic system, be it primarily mechanical, electrical, or chemical ' process in nature, and may extend also to include social or economic systems.
  • A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert L. Dorit , title=Rereading Darwin , volume=100, issue=1, page=23 , magazine= citation , passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
  • (lb) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
    • Derived terms
    * due process * due process of law * due-process * process color, process colour * process hot water * process server * process upset
    Related terms
    * proceed * procedure

    Verb

    (es)
  • To perform a particular process.
    • We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.
  • To treat with a substance
  • To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it as valid.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (es)
  • (mostly British) To walk in a procession.

    • Anagrams

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    wayfinding

    English

    (wikipedia wayfinding)

    Alternative forms

    * way-finding

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology) The ability of a person or animal to orientate itself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting itself and navigating.
  • * 2009 July 8, Kristi Oloffson, " Why We Get Lost," Time (retrieved 9 May 2014):
    • And that difference in style is often cast as being part of the basis of gender differences in wayfinding . People say that women are more likely to navigate with landmarks and men are more likely to navigate using the cardinal directions.

    Usage notes

    * Often used attributively to mean "of or pertaining to orienting and navigating", as in: :* 2014' May 2, Nathaniel Axtell, " Sign of the times: TDA plans '''wayfinding program to guide tourism," ''blueridgenow.com (retrieved 9 May 2014): ::: Buncombe County’s Tourism Development Authority unveiled its $1.65 million wayfinding program in 2009, consisting of more than 300 signs directing visitors to nearly 90 attractions, public spaces, historic sites and other destinations.

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