procedure, process

a particular course of action intended to achieve a results; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

• Bertillon system — a system or procedure for identifying persons
• fingerprinting — the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
• genetic profiling, genetic fingerprinting — the procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification
• diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique — a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis
• emergency procedure — a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)
• experimental procedure — the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment
• calculation, computation, computing — the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
• medical procedure — a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners
• mapping, chromosome mapping — (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
• operating procedure — a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation
• stiffening — the act of becoming stiff
• indirection — indirect procedure or action
• rigmarole, rigamarole — a long and complicated and confusing procedure
• routine, modus operandi — an unvarying or habitual method of procedure
• condition, experimental condition — the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
• rule, formula — (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

• activity — any specific activity