marking
/ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/ noun B2- The action of marking.
- A mark.
- The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
- A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object. · The markings on the plane identified it as belonging to law enforcement.
- Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
Plural markings
From the library
When our friends left I at once followed them in the hopes of marking down their invisible attendant.
There were no papers or letters, and no marking upon the clothes.
It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk.
“But,” said Danglars, whose weak mind was at first quite overwhelmed with the weight of this pitiless logic, marking evident premeditation and force of will, “what is your reason for this refusal, Eugénie?
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