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bang-bang

bang-bang adjective: applied to a kind of feedback control, or controller, that switches abruptly between two states.

Adjective

bang-bang (not comparable)

  1. (control theory) Applied to a kind of feedback control, or controller, that switches abruptly between two states.
  2. Of a play, very close between being an out and being safe.
    • In a game between Los Angeles and host Cincinnati, the Dodgers second baseman is called out at first base on a bang-bang play.2006, Dom Forker, Big League Baseball Puzzlers, →ISBN, page 41

Phrases with bang-bang

Questions about bang-bang

What does bang-bang mean?
Bang-bang means applied to a kind of feedback control, or controller, that switches abruptly between two states.
What part of speech is bang-bang?
Bang-bang is an adjective.

Words near bang-bang in the dictionary

  1. bang to rights
  2. bang up
  3. bang zone
  4. bang zones
  5. Bang's disease
  6. bang-bang
  7. bang-on
  8. bang-straw
  9. bang-straws
  10. bang-tail
  11. bang-tails

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