"ravelling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ravellings [plural]
Etymology: From ravel + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ravel|ing|id2=gerund noun}} ravel + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} ravelling (plural ravellings)
  1. gerund of ravel
    A tangled mess; a decomposition.
    Sense id: en-ravelling-en-noun-6cN7dXvn
  2. gerund of ravel
    (programming) In the APL programming language: the act of reshaping a variable into a vector.
    Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-ravelling-en-noun-ug6IvqSL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 29 43 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 76 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 84 8 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: raveling

Verb

Etymology: From ravel + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ravel|ing|id2=gerund noun}} ravel + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ravelling
  1. present participle and gerund of ravel Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: ravel
    Sense id: en-ravelling-en-verb-4kKZaMnG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: raveling

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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