tunneling

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noun

The act of burrowing a tunnel.

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Meanings

nountunneling (countable and uncountable, plural tunnelings)

plural tunnelings · alternative tunnelling

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

alternative tunnelling

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tunnel

Translations

Finnish tunneloituminen
  • tunneloituminenquantum mechanical passing of a particle
Indonesian penerowongan
  • penerowonganquantum mechanical passing of a particle
Malay penerowongan
  • penerowonganquantum mechanical passing of a particle
Cite this entry
APA

tunneling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tunneling

MLA

“tunneling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tunneling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tunneling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tunneling.

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