cutover
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The process of quickly replacing a telephone switchboard, in which the connections are duplicated to the new machine and the original connections are then suddenly disconnected.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "After the heat coils were pulled on the old main frame, the remaining step was merely to pull the wooden plugs on the new switchboard by the strings attached to them (which are bunched together) upon a signal given from the old terminal room, indicating the removal of the heat coils above mentioned. By this means the cut-over was accomplished almost momentarily, the process occupying not over two seconds’ time."
Etymology
From cut + over.
Usage
Inflected Forms
cut-over (alternative)
cutovers (plural)