a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | the gradual beginning or coming forth |
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result | vegetation that has grown |
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | something grown or growing |
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |
a mental process that you are not directly aware of | a progression from simpler to more complex forms |
a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important |
| (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |