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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of changing one thing or position for another;
- Example: "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
[syn: switch, switching, shift]


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. [1913 Webster] 2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane. [1913 Webster] 3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. (Eccl.) To shift to another circuit. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Switching \Switch"ing\, a. & n. from Switch, v. [1913 Webster] Switching engine, a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; -- called also switch engine. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
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]
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). (2007-08-16)