A branching stochastic process arising from the statistical investigation of the extinction of family names, which are modelled as patrilineal, while offspring are randomly either male or female, and names become extinct if holders die without male descendants. It is useful in understanding human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups.

A chemical process for the production of phenol, involving the initial production of chlorobenzene from benzene, hydrochloric acid and oxygen, and then the hydrolysis of chlorobenzene to phenol.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pre-process / Alternative spelling of preprocesses

present participle of pre-process

simple past tense and past participle of pre-process / Alternative spelling of preprocessed

plural of xiphoid process

(computing) The execution of a subsidiary operation by a computer while the user works with another application.

plural of thought-process (alternative spelling of thought processes).

plural of thought process

Alternative form of postprocessing