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Meaning of "tamping" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAMPING

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAMPING

tamping  [ˈtæmpɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAMPING

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tamping is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TAMPING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tamping

Ballast tamper

A ballast tamper or tamping machine is a machine used to pack (or tamp) the track ballast under railway tracks to make the tracks more durable. Prior to the introduction of mechanical tampers, this task was done by manual labour with the help of beaters. As well as being faster, more accurate, more efficient and less labour-intensive, tamping machines are essential for the use of concrete sleepers since they are too heavy (usually over 250 kg (551 lb)) to be packed into the ballast by hand. Early machines only lifted the track and packed the ballast. More modern machines, sometimes known as a tamper-liner or tamping and lining machine, also correct the alignment of the rails to make them parallel and level, in order to achieve a more comfortable ride for passengers and freight and to reduce the mechanical strain applied to the rails by passing trains.

Definition of tamping in the English dictionary

The definition of tamping in the dictionary is very angry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAMPING


antidumping
ˌæntɪˈdʌmpɪŋ
Bible-thumping
ˈbaɪbəlˌθʌmpɪŋ
camping
ˈkæmpɪŋ
clamping
ˈklæmpɪŋ
comping
ˈkɒmpɪŋ
damping
ˈdæmpɪŋ
dumping
ˈdʌmpɪŋ
gazumping
ɡəˈzʌmpɪŋ
glamping
ˈglæmpɪŋ
krumping
ˈkrʌmpɪŋ
limping
ˈlɪmpɪŋ
pimping
ˈpɪmpɪŋ
queue-jumping
ˈkjuːjdʒʌmpɪŋ
revamping
riːˈvæmpɪŋ
showjumping
ˈʃəʊˌdʒʌmpɪŋ
ski-jumping
ˈskiːdʒʌmpɪŋ
temping
ˈtɛmpɪŋ
thumping
ˈθʌmpɪŋ
tramping
ˈtræmpɪŋ
whomping
ˈwɒmpɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAMPING

tammy
tammy cloth
tamoxifen
tamp
Tampa
tampala
tampan
Tampax
tamper
tamper-proof
Tampere
tamperer
tampering
Tampico
tamping mad
tampion
tampon
tamponade
tamponage
tamworth

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAMPING

base jumping
blind stamping
bungee jumping
bungy jumping
chumping
critical damping
die stamping
helping
high jumping
keeping
long jumping
pole jumping
rap jumping
shipping
shopping
show jumping
sleeping
social dumping
tub-thumping
wheel clamping

Synonyms and antonyms of tamping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tamping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAMPING

Find out the translation of tamping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tamping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tamping» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apisonamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

tamping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tamping
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تدك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трамбовки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

calcamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tamping
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bourrage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tamping
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stampf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タンピング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다림
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tamping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tamping
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओलसरपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tokmaklama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rincalzatura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ubijanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трамбування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

burat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμπίεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanstampen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stamp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stamping
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tamping

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAMPING»

The term «tamping» is regularly used and occupies the 95.432 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tamping

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QUOTES WITH «TAMPING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tamping.
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Clive Thompson
The people who tend to get the most out of being social thinkers are the people who themselves are helpful. They're always talking or answering people's questions or engaging in productive conversations. They're not being trolls. They're tamping down other people that are being trolls.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAMPING»

Discover the use of tamping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tamping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Railway Maintenance Equipment
On older tamping machines, the operator had to manually actuate each of the steps,- on modern machines, it is all done automatically. In order to get the best result from this tamping action, the tool has to be carefully set to reach the desired  ...
Brian Solomon
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Pharmaceutical Capsules
from anhydrous lactose were subjected to a higher peak force during compression than microcrys- talline cellulose plugs over a whole range of tamping pin settings. Microcrystalline cellulose has a lower bulk density than anhydrous lactose ...
Fridrun Podczeck, Brian E. Jones, 2004
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Ground Improvement Geosystems: Densification and ...
(a) Dynamic Compaction - the compaction by heavy tamping of unsaturated or highly permeable saturated granular materials. The response to tamping is immediate (b) Dynamic Consolidation - the improvement by heavy tamping of saturated ...
Michael C. R. Davies, François Schlosser, 1997
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Ellis' British Railway Engineering Encyclopaedia
Tamping The operation of Lifting the Track and simultaneously compacting the Ballast beneath the Sleepers. This is operation has largely been mechanised. See Tamper. See also Measured Shovel Packing (MSP), Pneumatic Ballast Injection ...
‎2006
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Rock Fragmentation by Blasting: Fragblast 10
Suggested. tamping. materials. for. short. length. blast. holes. in. explosive. demolition. operations. Hyeong-min Kang, Min-Young Shin, Seung-Kon Kim & Sang-ho Cho Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea Hoon Park  ...
Pradeep K. Singh, Amalendu Sinha, 2012
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Professional Papers of the Corps of R. Engineers
Experiments to try the comparative value of sand and clay for tamping. F Sand, fine. M Sand, middling. C Sand, coarse. Number Depth Diame- Charge ' Description of expe- of ter of of of Effect and Remarks. riments. hole. hole. powder . tamping ...
‎1840
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Papers on Subjects Connected with the Duties of the Corps of ...
Eaperiments to try the comparative value of sand and clay for tamping. F Sand, fine. M Sand, middling. C Sand, coarse. Number Depth Diame- Charge lDescription of expe- of ter of of of Effect and Remarks. riments. hole. hole. powder. tamping ...
‎1840
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Popular Mechanics
Elmer Hufferd, Rushville, Ind. Tamping Explosives Metal tools of any kind should never, under any circumstances, be used for tamping explosives in bore holes, or to press the charge into place, even in soft ground, as there is always the ...
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Reports, correspondence and original papers on various ...
After the last and decisive experiment, the hole was always left just as it was before any tamping was put in. The annexed table exhibits the series by which the value of rock tamping was determined. Table of Experiments for determining the ...
John Thomas Smith, 1839
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Explosives and Blasting Technique
Only then is the tamping pressure applied. This is usually done in order to expedite the charge up process and save time. Nevertheless the recommended practice is to individually tamp each cartridge to the best achievable degree of coupling ...
R. Holmberg, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAMPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tamping is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tamping down the sensory overload for kids with autism
Tamping down the sensory overload for kids with autism. A school started giving haircuts in class to reduce sensory overloads for children diagnosed with ... «KING5.com, Jun 15»
2
US hiring surges, tamping down recession fears
Broad-based and stronger than expected, hiring by employers in May should put to rest any concern about sluggish U.S. economic growth and the potential for a ... «Merced Sun-Star, Jun 15»
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FCC Commissioner: Conceivable Federal Government Will 'Want to …
FCC Commissioner: Conceivable Federal Government Will 'Want to Start Tamping Down' on Drudge. 0 · Reuters. by Dr. Susan Berry5 May 20150. «Breitbart News, May 15»
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Twitter users skewer city of Cleveland for 'insulting' tweet, tamping
The city of Cleveland caught heat this past weekend for inviting residents to discuss the police's relationship with the community on Twitter -- then attempting to ... «cleveland.com, Apr 15»
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Powerful Senate Republican tamping down torture disclosures
When the Senate Intelligence Committee released the much anticipated executive summary of the full report on the CIA's torture program on Dec. 9, details of ... «Al Jazeera America, Feb 15»
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You Ought to Have a Look: Tamping Down Expectations for Paris
You Ought to Have a Look is a feature from the Center for the Study of Science posted by Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. (“Chip”) Knappenberger. While this ... «Cato Institute, Feb 15»
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Gov. Cuomo spoke with Al Sharpton about tamping down the …
Two days after two NYPD cops were viciously murdered, Gov. Cuomo Monday morning spoke with the Rev. Al Sharpton to talk about ways of tamping down the ... «New York Daily News, Dec 14»
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Use the Right Tamping Pressure for Perfect Espresso Shots
An excellent tamp is key to making great espresso, every time you fire up your home espresso machine. I Need Coffee's visual tamping tutorial guides you ... «Lifehacker, Dec 14»
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Track recording, tamping, transport and training
PLASSER & THEURER: The GMTZ self-propelled track recording car for DB Netz will on show on the outdoor tracks at InnoTrans, along with a Unimat ... «Railway Gazette International, Aug 14»
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Behind the scenes: Tamping down an Ebola panic
This Oct. 7, 2013 photo provided by Jeremy Writebol show his mother, Nancy Writebol, with children in Liberia. Writebol is one of two Americans working for a ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Aug 14»

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