tunneling

noun — 5 senses

tunneling

noun
1

The act of burrowing a tunnel.

2

The practice of exploring tunnel.

3

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier.

4

Business, Finance A type of fraud where assets and profits are transferred out of firms for the benefit of those who control them.

5

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A feature of the file system that allows files to preserve certain properties, such as creation date, even after being deleted and recreated.

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Derived terms
cotunneling, nanotunneling, scanning tunneling microscope, tunneling time

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