tooling

[ too-ling ]

/ ˈtu lɪŋ /

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noun

work done with a tool or tools; tooled ornamentation, as on wood, stone, or leather.

Machinery.

a number of tools, as in a particular factory.
the planning and arrangement of tools for a particular manufacturing process.

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Origin of tooling

First recorded in 1665–75; tool + -ing¹

Words nearby tooling

tool engineering, toolhead, toolholder, toolhouse, toolie, tooling, too little, too late, toolkit, toolmaker, tool post, tool pusher

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How to use tooling in a sentence

With just a couple of lines of code, the developer can deliver IAM tooling without having to build it themselves.
Making sense of the $6.5B Okta-Auth0 deal|Ron Miller|March 4, 2021|TechCrunch
This spring, I’ve led or been involved in four investments across quantum computing, group collaboration and two in the design and development tooling space.
8 investors discuss Stockholm’s maturing startup ecosystem|Mike Butcher|February 19, 2021|TechCrunch
We have a product development team, which is your product managers, engineers, data scientists, and data analysts that work on our tooling and infrastructure.
Data should enfranchise people, says the Democrats’ head of technology|Tate Ryan-Mosley|October 23, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Financial tooling that is accessible, and shareable, is rare in our Bloomberg world.
YCharts sells to PE firm in all-cash transaction as it looks to pass $15M ARR this year|Alex Wilhelm|October 9, 2020|TechCrunch

GM will invest an additional $800 million in supplier tooling and other projects related to the launch of the new electric trucks.
GM shifts Corvette engineering team to its electric and autonomous vehicle programs|Kirsten Korosec|August 28, 2020|TechCrunch
He keeps the papal Mercedes parked in the Vatican garage and insists on tooling around Rome in well-worn 1984 Renault.
Pope Francis Is Time’s Man of The Year|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“The Toyota funding was almost 100% used toward tooling the production of the sOccket,” explained Matthews.
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Doors and windows were shut against draughts, for he was working with gold-leaf on the tooling of an ancient binding.
There and Back|George MacDonald
Crossing the bay in a small boat, we re-entered the light carriage, and were soon "tooling away" merrily to Baltimore.
Lands of the Slave and the Free|Henry A. Murray
The groove wherein the portcullis had run was as fresh as if only cut yesterday, the very tooling of the stone being visible.
A Laodicean|Thomas Hardy
Gold-tooling is not a suitable medium for rendering such subjects.
The Art of the Book|Bernard H. Newdigate
Blind tooling is the impression of hot tools on the leather.
The Art of the Book|Bernard H. Newdigate

British Dictionary definitions for tooling

tooling

/ (ˈtuːlɪŋ) /

noun

any decorative work done with a tool, esp a design stamped onto a book cover, piece of leatherwork, etc

the selection, provision, and setting up of tools, esp for a machining operation

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