folding
Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/
The English word “folding” has 6 meanings listed here.
adjective
noun
- The action of folding; a fold.
- The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.
- Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.
- the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.
- Paper money, as opposed to coins.
Etymology
By surface analysis, fold + -ing.
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