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- noun a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
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- absorption
- acidification
- adiabatic process
- aeration
- antiredeposition
- capture
- cataphoresis
- centrifugation
- chemical action
- chemical change
- chemical process
- chromatography
- clotting
- coagulation
- concretion
- condensation
- convection
- curdling
- curing
- decay
- demagnetisation
- demagnetization
- desorption
- dielectrolysis
- diffusion
- disintegration
- dissolution
- distillation
- distillment
- drift
- ecesis
- ecological succession
- effervescence
- electrophoresis
- establishment
- extinction
- extraction
- feedback
- filtration
- flocculation
- flow
- formation
- fossilisation
- fossilization
- geologic process
- geological process
- hardening
- inactivation
- ion exchange
- ionisation
- ionization
- ionophoresis
- leach
- leaching
- magnetic induction
- magnetisation
- magnetization
- materialisation
- materialization
- natural selection
- nuclear reaction
- opacification
- oscillation
- oxygenation
- pair creation
- pair formation
- pair production
- phase change
- phase transition
- physical change
- precession of the equinoxes
- radiation
- release
- rigidification
- rigidifying
- saltation
- scattering
- selection
- sericulture
- set
- sink
- soak
- soakage
- soaking
- softening
- solidification
- solidifying
- sorption
- source
- state change
- stiffening
- stimulation
- succession
- survival
- survival of the fittest
- synergism
- synergy
- temperature change
- transduction
- transpiration
- vitrification
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