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tiering

tiering is the present participle and gerund of tier.

Meaning of tier

Verb

tier (third-person singular simple present tiers, present participle tiering, simple past and past participle tiered)

  1. (transitive) To arrange in layers.
  2. (transitive) To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
  3. (transitive) To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.

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Words formed from tiering

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Questions about tiering

What is tiering the present participle and gerund of?
Tiering is the present participle and gerund of tier.

Words near tiering in the dictionary

  1. tiercets
  2. tiercé
  3. tiered
  4. tieredness
  5. Tiergarten
  6. tiering
  7. tierlike
  8. tierlist
  9. tierlists
  10. Tiernan
  11. Tiernans

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