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Definition of Tombstoning
1. Noun. (British) The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point such that the jumper enters the water vertically straight, like a tombstone ¹
2. Noun. (electronics) An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat ¹
3. Noun. (journalism) In page layout, putting articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent. The phenomenon is also referred to as ''bumping heads''. ¹
4. Noun. (Southern US) In highway driving, a blockage in traffic caused by a semi-trailer truck attempting to pass another with insufficient acceleration. ¹
5. Verb. (present participle of tombstone) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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