kontinuierlicher Verbesserungsprozess

Phonetic: "/kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption

Example: a continuous current of electricity

Definition: Without intervening space; continued

Example: a continuous line of railroad

Definition: Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

Definition: (of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.

Definition: (more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

Example: Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.

Definition: (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Phonetic: "/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

Definition: The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.

Definition: The state of being improved; betterment; advance

Definition: Something which is improved

Example: the new edition is an improvement on the old.

Definition: Increase; growth; progress; advance.

Definition: (in plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.

Definition: (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɹoʊsɛs/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A series of events which produce a result (the product).

Example: This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.

Definition: A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.

Example: 1960, Mack Tyner, Process Engineering Calculations: Material and Energy Balances – Ordinarily a process plant will use a steam boiler to supply its process heat requirements and to drive a steam-turbine generator.

Definition: A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

Definition: Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.

Definition: Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.

Definition: An outgrowth of tissue or cell.

Definition: A structure that arises above a surface.

Definition: An executable task or program.

Definition: The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɹoʊsɛs/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To perform a particular process on a thing.

Definition: To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.

Example: We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.

Definition: To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

Example: I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.

Definition: To develop photographic film.

Definition: To take legal proceedings against.