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change-over
The action or an act of changing over. a. Alteration from one working system to another (see also quots. 1940, 1953). b. A reversal of the situation in affairs, of opinions, etc. c. The action of handing over the baton to the next runner in a relay race.
1907Westm. Gaz. 26 Nov. 4/3 The fuel..will be paraffin, which will be used with Messrs. Thornycroft's patent change-over device from a preliminary start on petrol. 1920H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. 645/1 Now here was a change-over of quite primary importance in human affairs. 1926H. M. Abrahams Athletics x. 98 The ideal change over [in relay racing] is achieved when each man is going as nearly as possible at full speed and there is no hesitation on the part of the recipient of the baton. 1927Glasgow Herald 3 Dec. 11 A method of converting the station from the use of one wave to that of another within a far shorter time than at present occupied by the change-over. 1928Observer 1 Jan. 10/2 Water engineers..said the change-over to river supplies must come about..in the next generation. 1928Daily Tel. 6 Nov. 17/4 The change-over on the Central Section of the Southern Railway from the overhead to the third rail system. 1929G. M. Butler Mod. Athletics ii. 30 During the sprint relay there should be a steward at each change-over station. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 152/2 Change-over, the transference of projection from one machine to another at the end of one reel and the start of the next, without an apparent break in the sequence. 1953K. Reisz Technique Film Editing 278 Change-over cue, small spot or other mark made in the top right-hand corner of certain frames near the end of a reel to give the projectionist a signal for the change-over. 1955R. Bannister First Four Minutes vi. 78 The U.S.A. team was disqualified for an alleged faulty changeover. 1958Engineering 11 Apr. 452/3 A change-over switch is fitted for use with either base. 1958Church Times 21 Nov. 5/2 Growing reverence for the Blessed Sacrament seems to have dictated the change-over from leavened to unleavened bread in the West. |