Packing
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Packing may refer to:
In Mechanical engineering:
In Chemical engineering:
In Mathematics:
Packing may also refer to:
In Mechanical engineering:
- Packing, also known as an O-ringO-ringAn O-ring, also known as a packing, or a toric joint, is a mechanical gasket in the shape of a torus; it is a loop of elastomer with a disc-shaped cross-section, designed to be seated in a groove and compressed during assembly between two or more parts, creating a seal at the interface.The O-ring...
or other type of Seal (mechanical)Seal (mechanical)A mechanical seal is a device which helps join systems or mechanisms together by preventing leakage , containing pressure, or excluding contamination...
, a term for a sealing material
In Chemical engineering:
- Structured packingStructured packingThe term structured packing refers to a range of specially designed materials for use in absorption and distillation columns and chemical reactors...
, i.e. internals of a distillation column
In Mathematics:
- Sphere packingSphere packingIn geometry, a sphere packing is an arrangement of non-overlapping spheres within a containing space. The spheres considered are usually all of identical size, and the space is usually three-dimensional Euclidean space...
, a 3-dimensional mathematical problem - Packing problemPacking problemPacking problems are a class of optimization problems in mathematics which involve attempting to pack objects together , as densely as possible. Many of these problems can be related to real life packaging, storage and transportation issues...
, a recreational mathematics approach - Set packingSet packingSet packing is a classical NP-complete problem in computational complexity theory and combinatorics, and was one of Karp's 21 NP-complete problems.Suppose we have a finite set S and a list of subsets of S...
, a classic computing problem.
Packing may also refer to:
- Backpacking
- Meat packing industryMeat packing industryThe meat packing industry handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock...
, the process of cutting up a slaughtered animal into saleable products. - Packing (firestopping)Packing (firestopping)Packing is the process and/or the materials used in filling both service penetrations and building joints with backer materials as approved components within a firestop.-Purpose:...
, the process of installing backer materials, such as mineral wool in service penetrations - Packing (phallus)Packing (phallus)Packing refers to the wearing of padding or a phallic object in the front of a person's pants or underwear, to give the appearance of having male genitals. Packing is commonly practiced by trans men...
, the practice of wearing a phallic object inside the clothing to give the appearance of male genitals - Data compressionData compressionIn computer science and information theory, data compression, source coding or bit-rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation would use....
, as in bit-packing in computers - Moving companyMoving companyA moving company, removalist, or van line is a company that helps people and businesses relocate their goods from one place to another. Typically they use moving vans, but for international moves or where storage is required, they may use special containerised vans or shipping containers.National...
, a business that puts goods into boxes to protect them and to make them easier to carry while in transit - TourismTourismTourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
- Concealed carry in the United States the practice of carrying a weapon for self protection
- An autism therapy involving wrapping children in cold wet sheets.