Definition of "buffering" [buffering]

• Present participle of buffer. (verb)

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• "And there are quite powerful long-term buffering mechanisms, such as described here:"
• "Sometimes a little oyster-shell grit or chalk will do for long-term buffering; it can be used together with the hexamine and can go on working after the hexamine is exhausted if the collection is poorly maintained."
• "And even his pauses - his "buffering" - allowed the audience to brace itself for the next onslaught."