"locking" meaning in All languages combined

See locking on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: lockings [plural]
Etymology: From lock + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lock|ing|id2=gerund noun}} lock + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} locking (plural lockings)
  1. gerund of lock: the act by which something is locked. Tags: form-of, gerund Form of: lock (extra: the act by which something is locked) Translations (act by which something is locked): lukitus (Finnish), Locking [neuter] (German), låsning [common-gender] (Swedish), kilitleme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-locking-en-noun-zbdWITGe Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 33 27 40 Disambiguation of 'act by which something is locked': 81 19
  2. (computing) The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-locking-en-noun-asRzpOCl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 73 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 58 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 76 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 76 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 61 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 18 63 19 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: central door locking, central locking, double-checked locking, locking differential, locking room, mode locking, tidal locking

Verb [English]

Etymology: From lock + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lock|ing|id2=gerund noun}} lock + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} locking
  1. present participle and gerund of lock Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: lock
    Sense id: en-locking-en-verb-oSL37SPH Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 33 27 40

Inflected forms

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