Porting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An opening through or into which fluid or other material can flow.

    "[…] portings distributed radially about the housing bore. It then is necessary only to arrange six equally spaced portings at the outside diameter of the control sleeve which rotates within the housing, and to size these portings […]"

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

Synonyms

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larboardharborlarboardport wineactaction

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"Trang has been working very hard on porting features from the old design to the new design."

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