continuouscracking
nounUK /kənˈtɪnjuəs ˈkrækɪŋ/
US /kənˈtɪnjuəs ˈkrækɪŋ/
A way of making fuel by heating oil all the time without stopping.
The refinery uses continuous cracking to turn heavy oil into gasoline around the clock.
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2. The ongoing process of something breaking or splitting apart without pause.
Engineers monitored the continuous cracking of the concrete bridge under heavy traffic.
3. A persistent series of sharp snapping sounds.
The continuous cracking of the campfire kept us awake late into the night.
4. In computing, the repeated breaking of a code or password without interruption.
Their continuous cracking of the encryption eventually exposed the weak key.