To complete the procedures and paperwork for terminating a tour of duty. / To complete the paperwork for the termination of a contract. / To process better or more efficiently.

(anatomy) A sickle-shaped extension of the ethmoid bone that projects posteroinferiorly from the ethmoidal labyrinth and articulates with the inferior nasal conchae.

(inorganic chemistry) Synonym of Haber process

(chemistry) A process for producing fluorocarbons by fluorinating hydrocarbons or their partially fluorinated derivatives in the vapor phase over cobalt(III) fluoride.

(metallurgy) An old method for amalgamating metal ores by first boiling in a solution of salt.

(mathematics, probability theory) A stochastic process which typically models reproduction of objects, with the assumption that the reproductions of individual particles are mutually independent.

(inorganic chemistry) The industrial process for the manufacture of sulfuric acid from sulfur and oxygen

(inorganic chemistry) The nitrogen-fixation reaction of nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas, over an enriched iron or ruthenium catalyst, used industrially to produce ammonia.

A method of manufacturing flat glass in which the glass is drawn against gravity in an upward direction.

(inorganic chemistry) A method of extracting sulfur from underground deposits by pumping in superheated water.