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switching

  • noun
  • /ˈswɪt͡ʃɪŋ/

The act or process of something that switches.

Other meanings

  1. Corporal punishment by use of a switch twig or twigs.

  2. Back-and-forth movement of an animal's tail, etc.

Synonyms

  • shift

Related words

  • nonswitching
  • photoswitching
  • switching yard
  • in-plane switching
  • bank switching
  • code switching
  • code-switching
  • packet switching
  • Q-switching
  • switching algebra
  • switching function
  • phenotypic switching

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “switching” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.