tombstoning

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

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意味（1）

(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.

意味（2）

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

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(electronics) An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.

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(journalism) In page layout, putting articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent. The phenomenon is also referred to as bumping heads.

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(Southern US) In highway driving, a blockage in traffic caused by a semi-trailer truck attempting to pass another with insufficient acceleration.

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(in digital libraries) The practice of leaving a marker in a location where a digital record has been withdrawn, in order to signify that the record had previously existed.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