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tunnelings

tunnelings is the plural of tunneling.

Meaning of tunneling

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.

Questions about tunnelings

What is tunnelings the plural of?
Tunnelings is the plural of tunneling.

Words near tunnelings in the dictionary

  1. tunnelful
  2. tunnelfuls
  3. tunneling
  4. tunneling time
  5. tunneling times
  6. tunnelings
  7. tunnelist
  8. tunnelists
  9. Tunnell
  10. tunnelled
  11. tunneller

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