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PROCESS

Etymol: Latin word meaning ‘progress, progression’, derived from procedere ‘to advance’, see proceed. As a term of anatomy, the Latin process is found in Louis Vassée (Catalaunensis, in anatomen corporis humani, Paris: Faezendat, 1541). 

Def. 1: Continuous sequence of facts, of phenomena presenting a certain unity or a certain regularity in their unfolding. They can characterize the evolution of a state considered in its development, such as the moult of cicadas.
By extension, it can be about exchanges and functioning of systems and devices in interface with their environments.

Def. 2: …