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(băch) 
n.
To assemble or process as a batch.
n.
- An amount produced at one baking: a batch of cookies.
- A quantity required for or produced as the result of one operation: made a batch of cookie dough; mixed a batch of cement.
- A group of persons or things: a batch of tourists; a whole new batch of problems.
- Computer Science. A set of data or jobs to be processed in a single program run.
To assemble or process as a batch.
[Middle English bache, probably from Old English *bæcce, from bacan, to bake.]
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a quantity of material produced or processed in one operation on a single occasion, as opposed to a continuous operation; hence batch adsorption, batch culture, etc.
| basotropic, basophilic, basophilia | |
| batch elution, batch process, bathochromic |
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categories related to 'batch'
- General Technology - batch: group of records or transactions that can be processed together
- Memory and Data Storage - batch: group of records or programs considered as single unit for processing
- Ceramics and Glassmaking - batch: raw materials mixed in proper proportions for making glass
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