procedural

English

Etymology

procedure +‎ -al

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, it was just they hadn't filed the correct forms.

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

   a procedural texture; procedural terrain

Derived terms

• procedurally

Translations

related to procedure

• Czech: procedurální (programming)

Noun

procedural (plural procedurals)

1. (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:Procedural (genre)