PROCESSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does processing mean? 

• PROCESSING (noun)
  The noun PROCESSING has 1 sense:

1. preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

  Familiarity information: PROCESSING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCESSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

the processing of ore to obtain minerals

Hypernyms ("processing" is a kind of...):

physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "processing"):

blowing (processing that involves blowing a gas)

data processing ((computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information)

developing; development (processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible)

purification; refinement; refining (the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.))

vulcanisation; vulcanization (process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them)

Derivation:

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

process (deal with in a routine way)

 Context examples 

They also include sugars added during food processing and refining.

(Carbohydrates, NIH)

This protein is involved in antigen processing and presentation to T-cells.

(C-Type Lectin Domain Family 4 Member C, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in prohormone processing.

(Carboxypeptidase E, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in protein processing and may be involved in connective tissue remodeling at sites of infection.

(Cathepsin G, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in transcriptional regulation, RNA processing and translational regulation.

(CCR4-NOT Transcription Complex Subunit 3, NCI Thesaurus)

This group of proteins is characterized by a polybasic proteolytic processing site which is cleaved to produce a mature protein containing seven conserved cysteine residues.

(Bone Morphogenetic Protein 3B, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

This gene is involved in proteolytic processing.

(BACE2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in presenilin-1 have been genetically associated with familial forms of Alzheimer's disease, further supporting the role of APP processing the development of the disease.

(Amyloid Beta-Peptide Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Phosphorylation by Casein Kinases, CDC5, CDC2, and MAPK10 can affect processing, interaction with Fe65, and SHC binding.

(Amyloid Beta A4 Protein Precursor, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes amyloid beta A4 precursor protein-binding family A member 2 protein, is involved in both amyloid beta A4 precursor protein processing and vesicle transport.

(APBA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)