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processor

/ˈpɹɑˌsɛsɚ/

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The c has an s sound.

The first syllable has the main stress here. A smaller beat follows, then a light r-colored vowel closes the word.

3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1

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The computer has a faster processor.

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What does processor mean?

noun

  1. A person or institution who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).
  2. A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).
  3. A central processing unit.
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noun

  1. A microprocessor.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɹɑˌsɛsɚ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈpɹɑsəsɚ/
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Most literature (as opposed to scientific publications, for example), is typographically simple and can be rendered beautifully into type without encoding it into proprietary word processor file formats or impenetrable markup languages.
Edith A. HowPeople of AfricaProject Gutenberg ebook #6693
I'd also try Royal Chantenay (PEA), Fakkel Mix (TSC), Stokes "Processor" types, and Topweight (ABL).
Steve SolomonGardening without irrigation : $b or without much, anywayProject Gutenberg ebook #4512
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To "display" a work means to show a copy of it, either directly or by means of a film, slide, television image, or any other device or processor, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to show individual images nonsequentially.
Library of Congress. Copyright Office; United StatesCopyright Law of the United States of America Contained in Title 17 of the United States CodeProject Gutenberg ebook #252
The evil, or superabundant, humors were discharged and this view of a special materies morbi, to be got rid of by a natural processor a crisis, dominated pathology until quite recently.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566