processing

plural processings

1. countableuncountableThe action of the verb to process.

   Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.

   2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist

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   For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.

   2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20

2. countableuncountableThe act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
3. countableuncountablecomputingThe act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of process