Definition of Laddering

1. Verb. (present participle of ladder) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Laddering

1. ladder [v] - See also: ladder

Medical Definition of Laddering

1. Apoptotic cells show a regular pattern of oligonucleotide sizes on electrophoretic gels, the ladder like arrangement is a consequence of the cleavage of the DNA strand between nucleosome beads by endonucleases as part of the process by which cell death occurs. See: apoptosis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laddering

ladanum
ladanums
ladder
ladder-back
ladder-back chair
ladder-proof
ladder logic
ladder polyether
ladder snake
ladder snakes
ladder splint
ladder truck
ladderane
ladderanes
laddered
laddering
ladderless
ladderlike
ladders
laddertron
laddery
laddie
laddies
laddish
laddishness
laddism
laddy
lade
laded
lademan

Literary usage of Laddering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1856)
"The cloth, as usual in «laddering, is entered into the cold bath, ... The »laddering comes next. As madder contains a dingy brown coloring matter associated ..."

2. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1905)
"Standpipes are deservedly unpopular with fire departments because they do not lead to the fire, they do not save laddering or climbing the building, ..."

3. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture by Nitya Gopal Mukerji (1901)
"cost of the principal farm operations where hand-power is partly or wholly employed, is given below : — First ploughing with laddering (inclusive of the ..."

4. Poole's Index to Periodical Literature: 1st-[5th] Supplement, Jan. 1, 1882 by William Frederick Poole, William Isaac Fletcher, American Library Association (1893)
"(GL Catlin) Scrib. M. IO: 62. Chimney. Tall. Am. Arch. 27: 16. Laddering a. Am. Arch. 21: 282. Chimneys. Am. Arch. 25: 214. Chimney-Shaft Accidents. ..."

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