laddering

Noun

 * 1)  A process of soil compaction that serves to break up clods and level a field.
 * ploughings and ladderings
 * 1)  An interview technique developed in the 1960s in which the interviewer systematically drills down for greater detail at each step.
 * 2)  An investment strategy where the investment is spread over multiple bonds or term deposits with rolling maturity dates.
 * 3)  A regular pattern of oligonucleotide sizes on electrophoretic gels, resulting from the fragmentation of DNA strands during cell death.
 * 4)  An irregular fracture pattern that arises from uneven drying.
 * 1)  An irregular fracture pattern that arises from uneven drying.
 * 1)  An irregular fracture pattern that arises from uneven drying.