porting

English

Verb

porting

1. present participle and gerund of port

Noun

porting (plural portings)

1. An opening through or into which fluid or other material can flow.
   • 1961, SAE Technical Paper Series (issues 391-420)

     […] portings distributed radially about the housing bore. It then is necessary only to arrange six equally spaced portings at the outside diameter of the control sleeve which rotates within the housing, and to size these portings […]

   • 1962, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1224:

     […] portings in said tracer valve to said cylinder inlet port in said servo valve unit for actuating said servo valve member from said set position to control fluid flow through said inlet and outlet portings in said servo valve unit […]

Anagrams

• troping