procedural

See also: procédural

English

Etymology

From procedure +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

procedural (comparative more procedural, superlative most 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.

   • 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.

2. (computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.

   a procedural texture

   procedural terrain

Derived terms

• procedural due process
• procedural law
• procedural memory
• procedurally
• cedural

Related terms

• proceedable
• processable
• processual

Translations

related to procedure

Belarusian: працэду́рны (pracedúrny) Catalan: procedimental Finnish: menetelmällinen (fi), proseduraalinen; prosessuaalinen, prosessi- (fi) (in law) French: procédural (fr) Hungarian: eljárási (hu), (please verify) formai (hu) Italian: procedurale Polish: proceduralny Portuguese: procedimental (pt) Russian: процеду́рный (ru) (procedúrnyj) Spanish: procedimental Ukrainian: процеду́рний (procedúrnyj) Vietnamese: theo thủ tục

generated by means of procedure

Czech: procedurální (programming) Finnish: proseduraalinen Hungarian: procedurális (hu), eljárásorientált Polish: proceduralny Spanish: procedimental

Noun

procedural (plural procedurals)

1. (literature, film) 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.

   • 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 […]

2. (specifically) Ellipsis of police 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.

Derived terms

• police procedural

Translations

type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail

Polish: procedural (pl) m

Further reading

• procedural (genre) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English procedural. By surface analysis, back-formation from proceduralny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔ.t͡sɛˈdu.ral/
• Rhymes: -ural
• Syllabification: pro‧ce‧du‧ral

Noun

procedural m inan

1. (colloquial, film, television) procedural, police procedural (television series, or film characterized by detailed, realistic treatment of professional procedures, especially police procedures)

Declension

Declension of procedural

	singular	plural
nominative	procedural	procedurale
genitive	procedurala	procedurali/proceduralów
dative	proceduralowi	proceduralom
accusative	procedural	procedurale
instrumental	proceduralem	proceduralami
locative	proceduralu	proceduralach
vocative	proceduralu	procedurale

Related terms

adjectives

• proceduralny

nouns

• procedura

verbs

• procedować impf

Further reading

• procedural in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French procédural. By surface analysis, procedură +‎ -al.

Adjective

procedural m or n (feminine singular procedurală, masculine plural procedurali, feminine and neuter plural procedurale)

1. procedural

Declension

Declension of procedural

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	procedural		procedurală		procedurali	procedurale
	definite	proceduralul		procedurala		proceduralii	proceduralele
genitive- dative	indefinite	procedural		procedurale		procedurali	procedurale
	definite	proceduralului		proceduralei		proceduralilor	proceduralelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoθeduˈɾal/ [pɾo.θe.ð̞uˈɾal] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾoseduˈɾal/ [pɾo.se.ð̞uˈɾal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pro‧ce‧du‧ral

Adjective

procedural m or f (masculine and feminine plural procedurales)

1. procedural