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  1. Noun

    The action of the verb to run.

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    His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
  2. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.

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    Running is good exercise.
  3. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.

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    the first running of a still
  4. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

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  5. The act of running errands.

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    I'm gonna go out and do my running.
  6. The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value.

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