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messaging

[mes-uh-jing] Origin

mes·sag·ing

[mes-uh-jing]
noun
a system or process of transmitting messages, especially electronically, by computer, telephone, television cable, etc.

Origin:
message + -ing1
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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messaging (ˈmɛsɪdʒɪŋ)
 
n
the practice of sending and receiving written communications by computer or mobile phone

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Word Origin & History

messaging
1865, verbal noun from message (q.v.).
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