procedural

See also: procédural

English

Etymology

procedure +‎ -al

Adjective

procedural (comparative more procedural, superlative most procedural)

Related to procedure.
The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds: it wasn't the facts or the law, but just that they hadn't filed the correct forms.
(computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
a procedural texture; procedural terrain

Derived terms

Translations

related to procedure

Catalan: procedimental
Finnish: menetelmällinen (fi), proseduraalinen; prosessuaalinen, prosessi- (fi) (in law)
French: procédural (fr)

Italian: procedurale
Portuguese: procedimental (pt)
Spanish: procedimental

generated by means of procedure

Czech: procedurální (programming)

Finnish: proseduraalinen

Noun

procedural (plural procedurals)

(literature) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
- 2000, Gary Hausladen, Places for Dead Bodies (page 35)
  It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form.

See also

Procedural (genre) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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