packing has definitions from the field of transportation
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[ noun ] any material used especially to protect something

Used in print

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

Theoretical studies of the hydrogen_bond generally agree that the **f bond will be linear in the absence of peculiarities of packing in the solid .

Hence it is difficult to conceive_of a packing of the atoms in this material in which the oxygen atoms are far from geometrical equivalence .

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[ noun ] the enclosure of something in a package or box

Synonyms

boxing

Used in print

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

Nothing in_all the preceding years had had the power to bring me closer to a knowledge of profound sorrow than the breakup of camp , the packing away of my camp uniforms , the severing of ties with the six or ten people I had grown most to love in the world .

Related terms

enclosure bundling box

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[ noun ] (transportation) carrying something in a pack on the back

Synonyms

backpacking

Examples

"the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts"

Related terms

carry backpack

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