4a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- the action of natural forces
- volcanic activity
Synonymsnatural process, natural action, activity,
Hyponymsabsorption, acidification, adiabatic process, aeration, antiredeposition, capture, centrifugation, chemical process, chromatography, concretion, condensation, convection, curdling, decay, demagnetization, desorption, diffusion, dissolution, distillation, drift, effervescence, electrophoresis, establishment, extinction, extraction, feedback, filtration, flocculation, flow, formation, fossilization, geological process, hardening, inactivation, ion exchange, ionization, leach, magnetization, materialization, nuclear reaction, opacification, oscillation, oxygenation, pair production, phase change, precession of the equinoxes, radiation, release, saltation, scattering, sericulture, sink, soak, softening, sorption, source, stiffening, stimulation, succession, survival, synergy, temperature change, transduction, transpiration, vitrification,
Hypernymsprocess,
Type ofprocess,
Typesabsorption, acidification, adiabatic process, aeration, antiredeposition, capture, cataphoresis, centrifugation, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, chromatography, clotting, coagulation, concretion, condensation, convection, curdling, curing, decay, demagnetisation, demagnetization, desorption, dielectrolysis, diffusion, disintegration, dissolution, distillation, distillment, drift, ecesis, ecological succession, effervescence, electrophoresis, establishment, extinction, extraction, feedback, filtration, flocculation, flow, formation, fossilisation, fossilization, geologic process, geological process, hardening, ignition, inactivation, induction, ion exchange, ionisation, ionization, ionophoresis, leach, leaching, magnetic induction, magnetisation, magnetization, materialisation, materialization, natural selection, nuclear reaction, opacification, oscillation, oxygenation, pair creation, pair formation, pair production, phase change, phase transition, physical change, precession of the equinoxes, radiation, release, rigidification, rigidifying, saltation, scattering, selection, sericulture, set, sink, soak, soakage, soaking, softening, solidification, solidifying, sorption, source, state change, stiffening, stimulation, succession, survival, survival of the fittest, synergism, synergy, temperature change, transduction, transpiration, vitrification,