processive

[ pruh-ses-iv ]

adjective

1. advancing or going forward; progressive:

   the processive quality of language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of processive¹

1615–25; < Latin prōcess ( us ) ( process ) + -ive

Example Sentences

Beerens, N. & Berkhout, B. The tRNA primer activation signal in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 genome is important for initiation and processive elongation of reverse transcription.

From Nature

In a cyclin E overexpression model of DNA replication stress, POLD3, the human ortholog of POL32, was required for cell cycle progression and processive DNA synthesis.

From Science Magazine

That the Master-word should lie A mere silence, while his own Processive harmony, The faintest echo of his lightest tone, Is sweeping in a choral triumph by?

From Project Gutenberg

There can be no galaxy in poetry, because it is language,—'ergo' processive,—'ergo' every the smallest star must be seen singly.

From Project Gutenberg

In that immense unweeting Mind is shown One far above forethinking; processive, Yet superconscious; a Clairvoyancy That knows not what It knows, yet works therewith.—

From Project Gutenberg