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nroffing

nroffing is the present participle and gerund of nroff.

Meaning of nroff

Verb

nroff (third-person singular simple present nroffs, present participle nroffing, simple past and past participle nroffed)

  1. (transitive) To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows.
    • The user either selects a new filename, edits the default file, nroffs it to the screen, or to a printer, or logs out.1985, Eric Foxley, UNIX for super-users, page 158

Questions about nroffing

What is nroffing the present participle and gerund of?
Nroffing is the present participle and gerund of nroff.

Words near nroffing in the dictionary

  1. nRNA
  2. nRNAs
  3. NRO
  4. nroff
  5. nroffed
  6. nroffing
  7. nroffs
  8. NROL
  9. NROLs
  10. NROs
  11. NROTC

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