noun Download 🔗Share A headstone marking a person's grave. Examples : "The old cemetery was filled with tombstones, each marking where someone was buried. " culture archaeology religion history architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof. Examples : "The math textbook used tombstones ∎ at the end of each proof to show that the problem was solved. " mark math logic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc. Examples : "The database used "tombstones" to mark deleted student records, ensuring that those deletions were accurately copied to all school servers. " computing technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A crashdump. Examples : "The developers examined the tombstones to figure out why the phone app kept crashing. " computing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation. Examples : "The doctor pointed to the electrocardiogram and said, "These tombstone-shaped ST elevations indicate a severe, ongoing heart attack." " medicine anatomy physiology sign body disease Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading