underpacking

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ packing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underpacking (usually uncountable, plural underpackings)

  1. Insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing
    • 2015 July 17, “DARC 2.0: Improved Docking and Virtual Screening at Protein Interaction Sites”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      In the first case (c1), a ray hits the surface pocket before reaching the ligand: this indicates underpacking in the protein-ligand interface.

Verb

underpacking

  1. present participle and gerund of underpack
    • 1955 March, “Rerailing a Pacific near Hitchin”, in Railway Magazine, page 183, photo caption:
      Before underpacking and lifting, showing depth to which No. 60056 had sunk
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