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Tombstoning

Noun

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1.NounThe 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.
2.NounThe process of (automatically) initiating software sleep mode on an app.
3.NounAn unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.
4.NounIn page layout, putting articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent (also referred to as bumping heads), or so that headline from one article is adjacent to the photo from another.
5.NounIn highway driving, a blockage in traffic caused by a semi-trailer truck attempting to pass another with insufficient acceleration.
6.NounThe practice of leaving a marker in a location where a digital record has been withdrawn, in order to signify that the record had previously existed.
7.NounA tombstone pattern on an electrocardiogram.
8.Verbpresent participle and gerund of tombstone
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