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See Also:

• present participle of tunnel.

tunneling

American  

[tuhn-uhl-ing] / ˈtʌn əl ɪŋ /

noun

tunnelings plural

1. the act or process of creating a tunnel.

2. Physics. in quantum mechanics, the phenomenon in which a particle passes through a potential barrier that it would not be able to cross under classical physics; the probability of tunneling depends on the thickness of the barrier and the energy of the particle.

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tunneling Scientific  

/ tŭn′ə-lĭng /

1. See quantum tunneling

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• cotunneling
  noun
• non-tunneling
  adjective
• anti-tunneling
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• tunnelings
  plural

Example Sentences

Researchers also identified a protein called MYO10 as critical for creating the tunneling nanotubes that allow mitochondria to move between cells.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

This compact book weaves together topics including the microscopic quantum tunneling required for nuclear fusion and the macroscopic geometry of spacetime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Longtime critics of subways used the explosion to stoke community fears that tunneling would lead to exploding homes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Surfshark Starter includes core VPN features such as ad blocking, split tunneling, a kill switch and MultiHop, and is priced at $15.45/month, $3.19/month for the one-year plan and $1.99/month for the two-year plan.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

I scrounged deep into the rubble of collapsed buildings, tunneling for coal bins.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli