mounting
noun
- activation of a filesystem instance so that the files it contains are available to applications
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊntɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English mount English -ing English mounting From mount + -ing.
- That continues to mount; steadily rising or accumulating.
“mounting debts”
“steadily mounting losses”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English mount English -ing English mounting From mount + -ing.
- Something mounted to support something; an attachment.
“The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell.”
“That particular plane must have hit an obstruction that ripped its undercarriage right off its mountings, to leave it suspended beneath.”
- The act of one who mounts.
“The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English mount English -ing English mounting From mount + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of mount