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tombstoning
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Definitions oftombstoning
1verb
- To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.
- For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.
- To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.
1noun
- The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point such that the jumper enters the water vertically straight, like a tombstone.
- The process of (automatically) initiating software sleep mode on an app.
- An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.
- In page layout, putting articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent. The phenomenon is also referred to as bumping heads.
- In highway driving, a blockage in traffic caused by a semi-trailer truck attempting to pass another with insufficient acceleration.
- (in digital libraries) The practice of leaving a marker in a location where a digital record has been withdrawn, in order to signify that the record had previously existed.
- A tombstone pattern on an electrocardiogram.
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