Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of string
plural stringings
- countableuncountableThe act by which something is strung.
One of the family's diversions was singing "quodlibets." These "what-you-wills" were simply stringings together of various melodies […]
1948, Alfred Louis Bacharach, The music masters: including Lives of the great composers, page 47 - uncountableA defect in 3D printing where strings or whiskers of material are left on the finished product.
When a printer is extruding and has open spaces in a layer, printers pull the filament back so that stringing does not occur.
2015, Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron, 3D Printing with MatterControl, page 153Synonyms: oozing
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA defect in 3D printing where strings or whiskers of material are left on the finished product.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stringing
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stringing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringing
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