ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Stacking

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Stacking is a noun meaning The act by which something is stacked.

Meaning

The act by which something is stacked.

More Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Sport stacking.
  2. (chemistry, countable) A stacked arrangement of often aromatic molecules, adopted due to interatomic interactions.
  3. Making claims for a single incident on multiple insurance policies.
  4. (photography) An image processing technique to reduce noise or add special effects.
  5. (television) A technique for keeping a captive audience by grouping together programs with similar appeal.
  6. present participle and gerund of stack

Example Sentences

the number of possible stackings of eight boxes

Word Forms

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