Sekirov Dictionary

procedural

/pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/

adjective 2
noun 2
forms 3

adjective2

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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.
Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.

noun2

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A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
- 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. — 2000
Ellipsis of police procedural.

forms

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