;inquiry process&quot;.

1.  A &quot;sign relation&quot; simpliciter, L c OxSxI, could be just about any
    3-adic relation on the arbitrary domains O, S, I, so long as it
    satisfies one of the adequate definitions of a sign relation.

2.  A &quot;sign process&quot; is a sign relation plus a significant sense of transition.
    This means that there is a definite, non-trivial sense in which a sign can
    be said to determine in the fullness of time one or more interpretant signs
    with regard to its 