tunneling

1. See quantum tunneling

Example Sentences

Workers have complained of chemical burns from the waste material generated by the tunneling process, and firefighters must decontaminate their equipment after conducting rescues from the project sites.

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Tracks have been laid, lighting has been installed and tunneling has been completed for that section, according to the transit agency.

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Then, with the scanning tunneling microscope, they were able to observe quantum chaos in action: finally seeing with their own eyes the pattern of electron orbits within the stadium billiard they created in Velasco's lab.

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In the real world, no human could survive the unimaginable heat and bone-crushing pressure, even if there were a vehicle capable of tunneling to the core, Vidale said.

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Quantum mechanical effects such as radioactive decay, or more generally: 'tunneling', display intriguing mathematical patterns.

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