Tunneling

Word TUNNELING
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Definitions and meanings of "Tunneling"

What do we mean by tunneling?

In quantum mechanics, the passing of a particle through a seemingly impenetrable barrier without a cause that is explainable by classical physics. noun

The act of burrowing a tunnel. noun

The practice of exploring tunnel. noun

The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier. noun

Present participle of tunnel. verb

To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.

To dig a tunnel.

To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).

To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.

To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.

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The word "tunneling" in example sentences

The deep bore tunneling is the most riskiest but clearly not the only piece of cost overruns. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The probability of something like that happening (like the probability of tunneling from a vacuum A to vacuum B in your lifetime) is astronomically low. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I love how they used the ‘tunneling from the store next door’ device from Small Time Crooks to rape our skulls. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The top of the tunneling is in the form of the corbel arch, such as was used at the Mayan site of Palanque and elsewhere. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Yep, the big downside to tunneling is that they may start it when Charlottesville has become a suburb to Richmond, say, in 50 years. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The best-known case of tunneling is the alpha decay of heavy atomic nuclei, which was explained as early as 1928. ❋ Unknown (1973)

Embassy in Tel Aviv Dalia Mogahed may be the most influential figure guiding the Obama Administration's Middle East outreach On Yom HaShoah, one woman's story of tunneling from a Polish work camp A writer wonders which neighbor will hide him when the next genocide happens A look at Anat Kamm, who leaked secret IDF documents to a Haaretz ❋ Marc Tracy (2010)

Embassy in Tel Aviv Why anti-Zionism festers in a country otherwise known for its friendliness On Yom HaShoah, one woman's story of tunneling from a Polish work camp A writer wonders which neighbor will hide him when the next genocide happens A look at Anat Kamm, who leaked secret IDF documents to a Haaretz ❋ Steve Stern (2010)

Embassy in Tel Aviv Why anti-Zionism festers in a country otherwise known for its friendliness On Yom HaShoah, one woman's story of tunneling from a Polish work camp A writer wonders which neighbor will hide him when the next genocide happens A case for Walter Mosley's inclusion in the American Jewish literary canon ❋ Hadara Graubart (2010)

Black cites others including insider trading and "tunneling" -- using bank holding companies as conduits for monies transferred from banks to executives and their underlings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Such means include data encryption and "tunneling" - accessing a censored site via an outside "proxy" server - a method particularly favored by Chinese users. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Guess what will happen if I’ll create an IPSec connection in tunneling mode? ❋ Unknown (2009)

This is called tunneling, because the electrons have passed the forbidden region even though it’s impossible for them to be inside it. ❋ CHAD ORZEL (2009)

In 1604, one of the conspirators Thomas Percy rented lodgings adjacent to the Houses of Parliament with the idea of tunneling through under the foundation to lay the gunpowder. ❋ Elizabeth Kerri Mahon (2007)

It makes its way so to speak, through a potential mountain by quantum-mechanical tunneling; hence the name tunneling microscope. ❋ Unknown (1986)

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