Etymology

From procedure + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/Category:English 4-syllable words#PROCEDURALCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PROCEDURAL

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

procedural (comparative more procedural, superlative most procedural)Category:English lemmas#PROCEDURALCategory:English adjectives#PROCEDURALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with entries#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with 4 entries#PROCEDURAL

1. 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.

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   • 1983, D. C. Pandey, Habitual Offenders and the Law, page 31:

     An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities.

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2. (computingCategory:en:Computing#PROCEDURAL) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.

   a procedural texture

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   procedural terrain

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Noun

procedural (plural procedurals)Category:English lemmas#PROCEDURALCategory:English nouns#PROCEDURALCategory:English countable nouns#PROCEDURALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with entries#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with 4 entries#PROCEDURAL

1. (literatureCategory:en:Literature#PROCEDURAL, filmCategory:en:Film genres#PROCEDURAL) 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.

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   • 2023 September 3, Peter Bradshaw, “The Killer review – terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     David Fincher’s horribly addictive samurai procedural, adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker from the graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, stars Michael Fassbender as the un-named titular hitman […]

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2. (specifically) Ellipsis of police proceduralCategory:English ellipses#PROCEDURAL.
   • 2015 June 16, David Stubbs, “Watching the detectives: why the police procedural is more popular than ever”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The Wire, however, did not kill the procedural. The procedural simply borrowed The Wire’s aesthetic. The detectives may trudge sombrely from one improbable homicide scene to another, week in, week out, as the blue lights circle bleakly, but we, the viewers, sink gleefully into our sofas ready to drink it in like cocoa.

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Further reading

• procedural (genre) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from English procedural.Category:Polish terms derived from Proto-Italic#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish terms derived from Old French#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish terms derived from Latin#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish terms derived from English#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish terms derived from Middle English#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish terms borrowed from English#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with etymology trees#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish entries with etymology trees#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish entries with etymology texts#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#PROCEDURAL By surface analysis, back-formation from proceduralnyCategory:Polish back-formations#PROCEDURAL.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔ.t͡sɛˈdu.ral/Category:Polish 4-syllable words#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#PROCEDURAL
• Rhymes: -uralCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ural#PROCEDURALCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ural/4 syllables#PROCEDURAL
• Syllabification: pro‧ce‧du‧ral

Noun

procedural m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish nouns#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish masculine nouns#PROCEDURALCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with entries#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with 4 entries#PROCEDURAL

1. (colloquialCategory:Polish colloquialisms#PROCEDURAL, filmCategory:pl:Film#PROCEDURAL, televisionCategory:pl:Television#PROCEDURAL) procedural, police procedural (television series, or film characterized by detailed, realistic treatment of professional procedures, especially police procedures)

Further reading

• “procedural”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#PROCEDURALCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#PROCEDURAL procédural. By surface analysis, procedură +‎ -alCategory:Romanian terms suffixed with -al#PROCEDURAL.

Adjective

procedural m or n (feminine singular procedurală, masculine plural procedurali, feminine/neuter plural procedurale)Category:Romanian lemmas#PROCEDURALCategory:Romanian adjectives#PROCEDURALCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with entries#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with 4 entries#PROCEDURAL

1. procedural

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoθeduˈɾal/ [pɾo.θe.ð̞uˈɾal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#PROCEDURALCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#PROCEDURAL
• IPA^(key): /pɾoseduˈɾal/ [pɾo.se.ð̞uˈɾal] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#PROCEDURALCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#PROCEDURAL
• Rhymes: -alCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/al#PROCEDURALCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/al/4 syllables#PROCEDURAL
• Syllabification: pro‧ce‧du‧ral

Adjective

procedural m or f (masculine and feminine plural procedurales)Category:Spanish lemmas#PROCEDURALCategory:Spanish adjectives#PROCEDURALCategory:Spanish epicene adjectives#PROCEDURALCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with entries#PROCEDURALCategory:Pages with 4 entries#PROCEDURAL

1. procedural