stringing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of string

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act by which something is strung.

   “One of the family's diversions was singing "quodlibets." These "what-you-wills" were simply stringings together of various melodies […]”

2. (uncountable)A defect in 3D printing where strings or whiskers of material are left on the finished product.

   “When a printer is extruding and has open spaces in a layer, printers pull the filament back so that stringing does not occur.”