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laddering

verb

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of ladder

  2. A process of soil compaction that serves to break up clods and level a field.

    • ploughings and ladderings

  3. An interview technique developed in the 1960s in which the interviewer systematically…

    An interview technique developed in the 1960s in which the interviewer systematically drills down for greater detail at each step.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An investment strategy where the investment is spread over multiple bonds or term…

      An investment strategy where the investment is spread over multiple bonds or term deposits with rolling maturity dates.

    2. A regular pattern of oligonucleotide sizes on electrophoretic gels, resulting from the…

      A regular pattern of oligonucleotide sizes on electrophoretic gels, resulting from the fragmentation of DNA strands during cell death.

      • For example, tobacco cell cultures grown at 5oC, resulted in a loss of viability relative to control cells and exhibited DNA laddering (Koukalova et al., 1997).

    3. An irregular fracture pattern that arises from uneven drying.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for laddering. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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