Bottoming

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something that bottoms (in various senses).

    "In the course of this investigation, it was learned that the mean number of bottomings per second could be calculated theoretically […]"

  2. 2
    A foundation.

    "[…] and like that of Birrens, rest upon stone bottomings. The Antonine Wall is of the same construction, only on a larger scale."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bottom form-of, gerund, participle, present

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