stringing

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stringing

Rhymes with -ɪŋɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of string

noun stringings

  1. countable, uncountable The act by which something is strung. One of the family's diversions was singing "quodlibets." These "what-you-wills" were simply stringings together of various melodies […]
  2. uncountable A defect in 3D printing where strings or whiskers of material are left on the finished product. When a printer is extruding and has open spaces in a layer, printers pull the filament back so that stringing does not occur.

    Similar: oozing

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@misc{stringing_2026,
  title = {stringing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stringing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}