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Tombstone
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Advertising:
A
headstone
marking
a person's grave.
●
In Mathematics:
The
symbol
"∎"
marking
the
end of
a proof.
●
In Computing:
A
marker
that
takes
the place of
deleted
data
,
allowing for
replication
of the
deletion
across
servers
etc.
●
In Computing:
A crashdump.
●
In Cardiology:
An
unusual
morphological
feature
on an
electrocardiogram
indicative
of
acute
myocardial infarction
,
characterized
by a
massive
ST elevation.
●
In Mass media & Advertising:
A
printed
advertisement
in a
newspaper
or
magazine
,
typically
having
unadorned
centered
text
in black and white
,
enclosed
in a
simple
box.
●
In Art & Advertising:
A
museum
plaque
or
caption
displaying
information about a
work of art
or
exhibited
object.
Verb
●
In British English:
To
take part
in
tombstoning
: to
jump
into the
sea
, etc. from a
cliff
or other
high point
so as to
enter
the water
vertically
straight.
●
In Surfing:
For a
surfboard
to
stand
upright
half-submerged in the water (like a
tombstone
, above) because the
surfer
is
underwater
with his or her
legrope
pulled
tight
. Often this
indicates
a
surfer
in difficulty
, either
held down
by the power of a
wave
or
unconscious
and unable to
get to
the surface.
●
In Computing:
To
replace
(an
object
or
data
) with a
tombstone
marker.
Name
●
A
city
in
southeastern
Arizona.
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