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tunneling

tunneling noun: the act of burrowing a tunnel. Also the present participle and gerund of tunnel.

Noun

tunneling (countable and uncountable, plural tunnelings)

  1. The act of burrowing a tunnel.
  2. The practice of exploring tunnel.
  3. The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier.
  4. A type of fraud where assets and profits are transferred out of firms for the benefit of those who control them.
  5. (Microsoft Windows) A feature of the file system that allows files to preserve certain properties, such as creation date, even after being deleted and recreated.

Also used as

tunneling is also the present participle and gerund of tunnel.

tunneling meaning in Malay and Indonesian

tunneling in Malay

quantum mechanical passing of a particle
penerowongan

tunneling in Indonesian

quantum mechanical passing of a particle
penerowongan

Forms of tunneling

pluraltunnelings
alternative formtunnelling

Words formed from tunneling

Phrases with tunneling

Questions about tunneling

What does tunneling mean?
Tunneling means the act of burrowing a tunnel.
What is tunneling in Malay?
Tunneling in Malay is penerowongan. See Tunneling meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is tunneling?
Tunneling is a noun.
What is the plural of tunneling?
The plural of tunneling is tunnelings.

Words near tunneling in the dictionary

  1. tunneled
  2. tunneler
  3. tunnelers
  4. tunnelful
  5. tunnelfuls
  6. tunneling
  7. tunneling time
  8. tunneling times
  9. tunnelings
  10. tunnelist
  11. tunnelists

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