stackup
/ˈstækˌʌp/
noun
- A situation in which multiple things accumulate or occur at the same time, often causing a delay or problem.
- There was a stackup of planes waiting to land at the airport.
- A stackup of orders during the holiday season delayed shipments.
- The email stackup meant she had over a hundred messages to read.
- In engineering or manufacturing, the combined effect of tolerances in a series of parts or layers.
- A poor stackup in the assembly caused the machine to wobble.
- The engineer calculated the stackup of tolerances to ensure the parts fit together.
- They adjusted the design to reduce the stackup error.
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