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keyholing

The English word “keyholing” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The tendency of a bullet fired down an excessively large barrel to wobble in flight and leave a keyhole-shaped puncture in the target.
  2. The formation of a transient column of vapor or plasma when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.

Etymology

From keyhole + -ing.

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