interrogativeprocessing
nounUK /ˌɪn.təˈrɒɡ.ə.tɪv ˈprəʊ.ses.ɪŋ/
US /ˌɪn.təˈrɑː.ɡə.tɪv ˈprɑː.ses.ɪŋ/
The way your brain handles a question.
Interrogative processing helps you figure out the answer when someone asks you something.
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2. In computing, the automatic handling of user questions by a system.
The chatbot uses interrogative processing to understand what you type.
3. In linguistics, the mental steps used to form or understand a question.
Children show interrogative processing when they learn to ask 'why'.
4. The act of examining something by asking a series of questions.
The detective's interrogative processing of the clues led to the truth.