underpacking

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English

Etymology

From under- +‎ packing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underpacking (usually uncountable, plural underpackings)

  1. 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.