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 |
technology
engineering | the practical application of science to commerce or industry |
automotive technology
automotive engineering | the activity of designing and constructing automobiles |
| communications technology | the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems |
| digital communications technology | the design and construction of communications technology that transmits information in digital form |
| computer technology | the activity of designing and constructing and programming computers |
high technology
high tech | highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics) |
rail technology
railroading | the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads |
| 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 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT | an engineering university in Cambridge |
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 |
engineering
engineering science
applied science
technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems, he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study |
genetic engineering
gene-splicing
recombinant DNA technology | the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism |
information technology
IT | the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information |
natural language processing
NLP
human language technology | the branch of information science that deals with natural language information |
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 |
| Idiom Neutral | an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language, based on Volapuk but with a vocabulary selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the roots |
neutral spirits
ethyl alcohol | nonflavored alcohol of percent orproof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs |
| Technology Administration | an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth |
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST | an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs |
| neutral | one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute |
neutral
electroneutral | having no net electric charge |
achromatic
neutral | having no hue, neutral colors like black or white |
neutral-colored
neutral-coloured | having a color that does not attract attention |
| neutral | lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics, a neutral personality that made no impression whatever |
| neutral | not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest |
impersonal
neutral | having no personal preference, impersonal criticism, a neutral observer |
| neutral | possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics |
inert
indifferent
neutral | having only a limited ability to react chemically, chemically inactive, inert matter, an indifferent chemical in a reaction |