marking
nounUS /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/ · UK /ˈmɑːkɪŋ/
Etymology From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing.
1
The action of marking.
- The Seasiders equalised soon after when Gary Taylor-Fletcher made the most of slack marking to slot home.2011 January 12, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC:
2
A mark.
- Social distancing principles form a part of the essential controls needed to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. [...] For example, measures such as signage and floor markings to provide physical separation will help.2020 May 20, Ian Prosser, “Comment”, in Rail, page 7:
3
The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
4
A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.
- The markings on the plane identified it as belonging to law enforcement.
5
Graph theory, Mathematics, Sciences Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
- Derived terms
- biomarking, direct-inverse marking, double-marking, e-marking, exceptional case-marking, high-marking, man-marking, marking blue, marking error, marking fire, marking gage, marking gauge, marking knife, marking-nut, marking nut, marking nut tree, marking-nut tree, marking out, marking pen, price marking, shared lane marking, submarking, zero-marking