(mathematics, probability theory) A function that maps elements of an index set to elements of a collection of random variables; historically, a collection of random variables indexed by a set of numbers usually regarded as points in time.

(physics, astronomy) any nucleosynthesis process, details of which are unclear, that accounts for the light elements lithium, berylium and boron which cannot survive in stellar interiors because they are destroyed by proton capture

the process of making carbon prints

Negotiations towards the peaceful settlement of a long-running conflict.

(law enforcement) A deliverer of processes or summonses, the formal announcements of the beginning of a legal action; a huissier de justice or other equivalent position in other legal systems.

(law) A legal concept where a person is ensured all legal rights when deprived of their liberty for a given reason.

(computing, Unix) A process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal.

(chemistry) any of several industrial processes that either use or manufacture sodium hydroxide, but especially a method of making paper from wood pulp

(chemistry, historical) An early industrial method of producing sodium carbonate. It involved two stages: production of sodium sulfate from sodium chloride, followed by reaction of the sodium sulfate with coal and calcium carbonate to produce sodium carbonate.

(printing) A printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to reproduce a range of colors.