What does procedural mean?
Definitions for procedural
prəˈsi dʒər əlpro·ce·dur·al
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Princeton's WordNet
proceduraladjective
of or relating to procedure
"a procedural violation"
adjective, proceduraladjective
relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
"adjective law"
Wiktionary
proceduralnoun
A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail
proceduraladjective
Related to procedure.
ChatGPT
procedural
Procedural refers to a method or process of performing or accomplishing something, often involving a series of established steps or operations. It is typically associated with rules or regulations in a predefined sequence in computational tasks, legislation, workplace operations, justice systems, or any systematic process. It often emphasizes formal structure and order.
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Procedural
A Procedural is a cross-genre type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail. A documentary film may be written in a procedural style to heighten narrative interest.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of procedural in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of procedural in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of procedural in a Sentence
Although this is a very technical ruling, its basic gist is that state supreme courts can’t rely upon novel state procedural rules to prevent state prisoners from bringing federal constitutional claims, (John) Cruz may or may not prevail on his federal claim – that he had a right to have the jury know that a life sentence would be without parole. But he now gets to make that argument in the first place.
I can relate to someone whose life is falling apart, and they are doing the best to get by, using humor to survive, backstrom really wears his heart on his sleeve and his life is unraveling… I would much rather hang out with that person than a slick procedural detective who has all the answers… it’s human, it’s frail, it’s interesting.
That order, like its predecessors dating back to the 1940s, imposes both procedural and substantive requirements on what information can properly be classified -- and how. Suffice it to say,' because I said it' is not one of the appropriate criteria for classifying national security information.
Congress faces substantial legal and procedural hurdles in any effort to get these materials.
I am willing to use any and all procedural tools to stop this corporate welfare, this corruption, from being propagated.
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- إجرائيArabic
- verfahrenstechnischGerman
- processualPortuguese
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