tombstoning
- Noun. (British) The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point such that the jumper enters the water vertically straight, like a tombstone.
- Noun. (electronics) An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.
- Noun. (journalism) In page layout, to put articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent. The phenomenon is also referred to as bumping heads.
- Verb. (present participle of, tombstone) .
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