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handoff

handoff is the alternative form of hand-off.

Meaning of hand-off

Noun

hand-off (countable and uncountable, plural hand-offs)

  1. A pass made in a backward direction.
  2. The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred.
  3. The passing of a completed project to another person or group.
  4. The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand.
  5. The transfer of control to another subsystem.
    • Vertex shaders are algorithms that transform the vertex information stored in the model before handoff to the rasterizer.2012, Walt Ritscher, HLSL and Pixel Shaders for XAML Developers, page 6

Forms of handoff

pluralhandoffs

Questions about handoff

What is handoff the alternative form of?
Handoff is the alternative form of hand-off.

Words near handoff in the dictionary

  1. handmills
  2. handmirror
  3. handmirrors
  4. handnail
  5. handnails
  6. handoff
  7. handoffs
  8. Handong
  9. handout
  10. handouts
  11. handover

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