check checkout check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
diagnostic procedure diagnostic technique | a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis |
emergency procedure | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) |
experimental procedure | the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
Gram's method Gram method Gram's procedure Gram's stain Gram stain | a staining technique used to classify bacteria, bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution, after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative |
operation procedure | a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work, the operations in building a house, certain machine tool operations |
operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments, performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body, they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available, he died while undergoing surgery |
desensitization technique desensitisation technique desensitization procedure desensitisation procedure systematic desensitization systematic desensitisation | a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety, client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished |
procedure | a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings |
procedure process | 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 |
medical procedure | a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners |
dental procedure | a procedure employed by a dentist |
operating procedure | a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation |
standing operating procedure standard operating procedure SOP standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
bureaucratic procedure red tape | needlessly timeonsuming procedure |
cash machine cash dispenser automated teller machine automatic teller machine automated teller automatic teller ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations NASDAQ | a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter |
operating microscope | binocular microscope used in surgery to provide a clear view of small and inaccessible parts of the body (as in microsurgery) |
operating room OR operating theater operating theatre surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
operating table | table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation |
operating capability performance capability | the capability of a technological system to perform as intended |
cloze procedure cloze test | a test for diagnosing reading ability, words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks |
statistical method statistical procedure | a method of analyzing or representing statistical data, a procedure for calculating a statistic |
instruction manual instructions book of instructions operating instructions | a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it |
operating system OS | (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services |
DOS disk operating system | an operating system that is on a disk |
MS-DOS Microsoft disk operating system | an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers |
UNIX UNIX system UNIX operating system | trademark for a powerful operating system |
routine subroutine subprogram procedure function | a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program |
cataloged procedure | a set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name |
contingency procedure | an alternative to the normal procedure, triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises |
order rules of order parliamentary law parliamentary procedure | a body of rules followed by an assembly |
chief executive officer CEO chief operating officer | the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm, reports to a board of directors, may appoint other managers (including a president) |
surgeon operating surgeon sawbones | a physician who specializes in surgery |
operating expense operating cost overhead budget items | the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance), it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes |
operating capital | capital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements |
income statement earnings report operating statement profit-and-loss statement | a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period |
operating budget | a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements |
automated machine-controlled machine-driven | operated by automation, an automated stoker |
operational in operation(p) operating(a) | being in effect or operation, de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations- Leslie Marmon Silko, bus service is in operation during the emergency, the company had several operating divisions |
operating | involved in a kind of operation, the operating conditions of the oxidation pond |