Definition of "tunnelling" [tunnelling]

• Present participle of tunnel. (verb)

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• "Quantum tunnelling is commonplace in the microscopic world."
• "The word tunnelling refers to the situation where on the outside all appears fine, but when you dig deeper you realise that there is nothing there."
• "On the atomic level, on the other hand, tunnelling is a rather common phenomenon."