English

Noun

tombstoning ‎(uncountable)

1. (Britain) 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.
2. (computing) The process of (automatically) initiating software sleep mode on an app.
3. (electronics) An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.^[1]
4. (journalism) In page layout, putting articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent. The phenomenon is also referred to as bumping heads.
5. (Southern US) In highway driving, a blockage in traffic caused by a semi-trailer truck attempting to pass another with insufficient acceleration.
6. (in digital libraries) The practice of leaving a marker in a location where a digital record has been withdrawn, in order to signify that the record had previously existed.

Synonyms

• (unwanted effect in which a component stands up on end): tombstone effect, drawbridging, Manhattan effect

Related terms

• tombstone
• tombstoned
• tombstoner

Translations

References

1. ↑ MICHAEL ARCHAMBAULT (2013-07-01), “Windows 8.1 apps don't want to close - "tombstoning" is the new cool”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (HTML), Windows Central, archived from the original on 2013-07-01, retrieved 2016-02-23

Verb

tombstoning

1. present participle of tombstone