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locking.

gerund of lock: the act by which something is locked.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. gerund of lock: the act by which something is locked.

    form-of · gerund

  2. The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English locking From lock + -ing.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of lock

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English locking From lock + -ing.

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