In the process of formation, the material must have received an environmental signal that reflects a change in climate and that can be deciphered by modern physical or chemical means.

在形成的过程中，材料必须接收到环境信号，反映气候变化，并能被现代物理或化学手段破译。

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As an alternative to tailoring an existing process, you can also author a completely new process from scratch or a new process that reuses material from one or more existing processes.

作为裁剪已有过程的另一种选择，你还可以从开始创造一个全新的过程，或者一个从一或多个已有过程中复用材料的过程。

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Because the flexible material can curl or shift during this process, it's bonded temporarily to a rigid piece of glass.

因为制作过程中软性基板可能会发生弯曲或位移，它要与一片刚性玻璃临时粘合在一起。

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This is the idea that a patentshould be given to a machine or something that creates a material change, like a chemical process.

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Since a federal appeals court affirmed the USPTO in In re Bilski, lower courts around the country have adopted the same logic, saying patents must involve a machine or a process that transforms some type of material substance.

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Beach nourishment: artificial process of replenishing a beach with material from another source that lies either inland or is dredged offshore.

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The raw material, in the matching process, is a mass of stated preference: your desire or intolerance for certain traits and characteristics.

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