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English
Etymology
From under- + packing.
Pronunciation
Noun
underpacking (usually uncountable, plural underpackings)
- Insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing
2015 July 17, “DARC 2.0: Improved Docking and Virtual Screening at Protein Interaction Sites”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:In the first case (c1), a ray hits the surface pocket before reaching the ligand: this indicates underpacking in the protein-ligand interface.
Verb
underpacking
- present participle and gerund of underpack
1955 March, “Rerailing a Pacific near Hitchin”, in Railway Magazine, page 183, photo caption:Before underpacking and lifting, showing depth to which No. 60056 had sunk