stringing

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ

Verb

stringing

1. present participle and gerund of string

Noun

stringing (countable and uncountable, plural stringings)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act by which something is strung.
   • 1948, Alfred Louis Bacharach, The music masters: including Lives of the great composers, page 47:

     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.

   Synonym: oozing

   • 2015, Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron, 3D Printing with MatterControl, page 153:

     When a printer is extruding and has open spaces in a layer, printers pull the filament back so that stringing does not occur.

Derived terms

• spaghetti stringing

Anagrams

• ring sting