tombstone

Meanings

Noun

• A headstone marking a person's grave.
• The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
• A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.
• A crashdump.
• An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.
• A printed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, typically having unadorned centered text in black and white, enclosed in a simple box.

Verb

• To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.
• For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.
• To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.

Origin

• tomb + stone