Dictionary

procedural en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From procedure + -al.

Meanings

1. Related to procedure.
   • An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities. 1983, D. C. Pandey, Habitual Offenders and the Law, page 31:
   • 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.
2. Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
   • a procedural texture
   • procedural terrain

Forms

Deriveds

procedurality · proceduralist · proceduralism · procedural law · unprocedural · procedural due process · cedural · periprocedural · procedurally · preprocedural · procedural memory · nonprocedural · postprocedural · multiprocedural

Relateds

processual · proceedable · processable

Translations (21)

it procedurale (related to procedure) · fi proseduraalinen (generated by means of procedure) · fr procédural (related to procedure) · hu eljárásorientált (generated by means of procedure) · fi prosessuaalinen (related to procedure) · es procedimental (related to procedure) · fi menetelmällinen (related to procedure) · fi prosessi- (related to procedure) · pt procedimental (related to procedure) · pl proceduralny (related to procedure) · uk процеду́рний (related to procedure) · ru процеду́рный (related to procedure) · fi proseduraalinen (related to procedure) · be працэду́рны (related to procedure) · hu procedurális (generated by means of procedure) · es procedimental (generated by means of procedure) · hu eljárási (related to procedure) · cs procedurální (generated by means of procedure) · vi theo thủ tục (related to procedure) · ca procedimental (related to procedure) · pl proceduralny (generated by means of procedure)

procedural en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From procedure + -al.

Meanings

1. 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, Gary Hausladen, Places for Dead Bodies, page 35:
   • 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[…] 2023 September 3, Peter Bradshaw, “The Killer review – terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, specifically) Ellipsis of police procedural.
   alt of police procedural
   • 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. 2015 June 16, David Stubbs, “Watching the detectives: why the police procedural is more popular than ever”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

police procedural

Translations (1)

pl procedural (type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail)