coring

SayKOR-ingUS/ˈkɔɹɪŋ//ˈkɔːɹɪŋ/

Noun pluralcorings (some meanings)

3 meanings of coring

1
verb
Present participle of core. Use this form for the ongoing action of cutting out the center of something.
He is coring the apples to make a pie.
Coring the pepper removes all the seeds at once.
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2
noununcountable
The act of drilling out a round sample from rock, ice, or other material.
Like pushing a straw into a cake and pulling out a round piece.
The coring took several hours because the rock was so hard.
Scientists used coring to pull a long ice sample from the glacier.
Similardrilling, sampling
3
nouncountable
A math structure that works like the mirror image of a ring.
Where a ring joins two things into one, a coring splits one thing into two.
The students learned how a coring relates to its ring.
Note

coring is a form of core

core, verb: To take out the middle part of a fruit where the seeds are. Full entry

Forms: corecores he/she/itcoring -ing formcored past tense, past participle
Spelling: core → coring: drop the e, add -ing

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Origin

Made from co- and ring.