Synset

a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
<noun.process> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

natural process

sample sentences

"the action of natural forces"
"volcanic activity"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

process, physical process

hyponym

radiation absorption acidification adiabatic process aeration antiredeposition capture capture centrifugation chemical process, chemical change, chemical action chromatography concretion condensation convection curdling, clotting, coagulation decay demagnetization, demagnetisation desorption diffusion dissolution, disintegration distillation, distillment drift effervescence electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis establishment, ecesis extinction extraction feedback filtration flocculation flow formation fossilization, fossilisation geological process, geologic process hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing inactivation ion exchange ionization, ionisation leach, leaching magnetization, magnetisation, magnetic induction materialization, materialisation nuclear reaction opacification oscillation oxygenation pair production, pair creation, pair formation phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change precession of the equinoxes release saltation scattering sericulture sink soaking, soak, soakage softening sorption source stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification stimulation succession, ecological succession survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection synergism, synergy temperature change transduction transpiration vitrification