tunneling
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (UK) tunnelling
Noun edit
tunneling (countable and uncountable, plural tunnelings)
- The act of burrowing a tunnel.
- The practice of exploring tunnel.
- (physics) The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier.
- (finance) A type of fraud where assets and profits are transferred out of firms for the benefit of those who control them.
- (computing, 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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
quantum mechanical passing of a particle
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Verb edit
tunneling
- present participle and gerund of tunnel