tombstoning

Britain uncountable Southern-US in digital libraries

(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.

Japanese Meaning

崖や高い場所から海や湖などの水面に、墓石のように垂直に突っ込む形で飛び込む行為

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Despite warnings, a group of teenagers went tombstoning off the headland and the coastguard was called.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

警告にもかかわらず、十代の若者たちが岬の崖から垂直に海へ飛び込み、沿岸警備隊が出動した。

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(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.

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(computing) The process of (automatically) initiating software sleep mode on an app.

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(in digital libraries) The practice of leaving a marker in a location where a digital record has been withdrawn, in order to signify that the record had previously existed.

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(medicine) A tombstone pattern on an electrocardiogram.

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