cutover

noun

Meaning

An area of cutover land.
The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
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.
(by extension) Any process of quickly replacing a machine so as to minimize downtime.
Having been cleared of valuable timber.

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Related words

transfer(English)relocation(English)offcut(English)cut-down(English)exempt(English)discided(English)precisive(English)over(English)timberland(English)bog(English)pine(English)tasks(English)

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