packing
noun
the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
packings
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pluralof packing.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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High-dimensional sphere packings are related to the error-correcting techniques used to fix garbles in the transmission of information.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
In geometry, he made key discoveries in the study of symmetries, sphere packings, lattices, polyhedra and tilings, including properties of quasi-periodic tilings as developed by Roger Penrose.
From Nature ● May 22, 2020
Hexagonal arrangements of cells are like closest geometrical packings of disks.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2017
His archives contain all sorts of investigations of possible packings and their properties, together with actual cardboard polyhedra, still ready to assemble:
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2017
On Sunday itself, packings, preparations, all completed; and, "Keith, with above 4,000 wagons, safe on the road since 2 A.M."
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Thomas Carlyle
