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From Middle English pakkyng; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) +‎ -ing.

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Rhymes: -ækɪŋ

packing

Terms derived from packing (verb)

packing (plural packings)

The action of the verb.
1. the act of putting things together, especially the act of putting clothes into a suitcase while traveling.
2. (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
3. The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
4. (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
As a concrete noun.
1. Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
2. Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
3. A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
4. Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
  Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column
Clipping of meatpacking.

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 # The action of the verb.
-## The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
+## the act of putting things together, especially the act of putting clothes into a suitcase while traveling.
 ## {{lb|en|sciences|mathematics}} The [[spatial]] arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
 ## The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a [[pack]].