"switching" meaning in English

See switching in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /swɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ Forms: switchings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} switching (countable and uncountable, plural switchings)
  1. The act or process of something that switches.
    Corporal punishment by use of a switch (twig or twigs).
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-switching-en-noun-ppNCcEqi
  2. The act or process of something that switches.
    Back-and-forth movement of an animal's tail, etc.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-switching-en-noun-dMQd5GnA
  3. The act or process of something that switches.
    The transference of an investment from one fund to another.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (transference of an investment): trasferimento [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-switching-en-noun-Ue-dnz85 Disambiguation of 'transference of an investment': 6 2 82 2 2 6
  4. The act or process of something that switches.
    The movement of a locomotive from one track to another.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (movement from one track to another): cambio [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-switching-en-noun-sw3i9~yn Disambiguation of 'movement from one track to another': 1 13 16 35 18 17
  5. The act or process of something that switches.
    Change from one product or service provider to another.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (change provider): passaggio [masculine] (Italian), trasferimento [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-switching-en-noun--e7k5029 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 21 3 9 35 23 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 12 4 4 58 12 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 23 4 6 38 20 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 24 3 3 47 16 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 17 5 7 44 13 2 Disambiguation of 'change provider': 0 0 0 0 100 0
  6. The act or process of something that switches.
    (computing, networking) The process of transferring data packets from one device to another in a network, or from one network to another.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Networking
    Sense id: en-switching-en-noun-1cFRh9wy Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bank switching, code-switching, code switching, in-plane switching, packet switching, Q-switching, switching algebra, switching function, switching yard

Verb

IPA: /swɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} switching
  1. present participle and gerund of switch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: switch
    Sense id: en-switching-en-verb-L7Fgy7Km

Inflected forms

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