Tunneling
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:16 pts9 letters
Definition of Tunneling
verb
- To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.
- To dig a tunnel.
- To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).
- To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
- To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.
noun
- The act of burrowing a tunnel.
- The practice of exploring tunnel.
- The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier.
- A type of fraud where assets and profits are transferred out of firms for the benefit of those who control them.
- 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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