jumping
noun1
The act of performing a jump.
- When the tuning-fork is brought over a resonant jar or bottle, the beats may be heard and the jumpings seen by a thousand people at once.1871, John Tyndall, Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion, page 291:
- Derived terms
48 terms
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