procedural

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Relating to an established way of doing something, especially official rules or methods.

   The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds, not on the facts.

2. 2
   adj

   Generated automatically by a set of rules rather than designed by hand.

   The game uses procedural methods to create endless landscapes.

3. 3
   noun

   A film or TV show that follows the step-by-step work of solving crimes, especially by police.

   She loves a good police procedural with a clever twist at the end.

From procedure + -al.

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