tunneling

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) tunnelling

Noun

tunneling (countable and uncountable, plural tunnelings)

1. The act of burrowing a tunnel.
2. The practice of exploring tunnel.
3. (physics) The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier.
4. (finance) A type of fraud where assets and profits are transferred out of firms for the benefit of those who control them.
5. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A feature of the file system that allows files to preserve certain properties, such as creation date, even after being deleted and recreated.

Derived terms

• scanning tunneling microscope
• tunneling time

 

Translations

quantum mechanical passing of a particle

• Finnish: tunneloituminen
• Indonesian: penerowongan
• Malay: penerowongan

Verb

tunneling

1. present participle and gerund of tunnel