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for Switching
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Switch \Switch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Switched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Switching.]
1. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
--Chapman.
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2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
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3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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4. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by
a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch
off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.
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5. (Eccl.) To shift to another circuit.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Switching \Switch"ing\,
a. & n. from Switch, v.
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Switching engine, a locomotive for switching cars from one
track to another, and making up trains; -- called also
switch engine. [U.S.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
switching
n 1: the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his
switch on abortion cost him the election" [syn: switch,
switching, shift]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
switching
Establishing the correct path through a network
for a single packet of data ({packet switching) or a
persistent end-to-end connection ({circuit switching).
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