runnings

Noun

running (countable and uncountable, plural runnings)

1. The action of the verb to run.
   • His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
2. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
   • Running is good exercise.
3. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
   • the first running of a still
4. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
5. (colloquial) The act of running errands.
   • I'm gonna go out and do my running.
6. The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value.

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