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reclock

reclock verb: to modify the clock speed of.

Verb

reclock (third-person singular simple present reclocks, present participle reclocking, simple past and past participle reclocked)

  1. (transitive) To modify the clock speed of.
    • And what's the big deal if people reclock their chips? “It gives us a bad reputation when a reclocked system fails!” says Intel.1999 March 23, PC Mag, volume 18, number 6, page 87
  2. (transitive) To clock something again.

Forms of reclock

third-person singular presentreclocks
present participlereclocking
past participlereclocked
pastreclocked

Origin of reclock

From re- + clock.

Questions about reclock

What does reclock mean?
Reclock means to modify the clock speed of.
What part of speech is reclock?
Reclock is a verb.
What is the past tense of reclock?
The past tense of reclock is reclocked.

Words near reclock in the dictionary

  1. reclists
  2. recloak
  3. recloaked
  4. recloaking
  5. recloaks
  6. reclock
  7. reclocked
  8. reclocking
  9. reclocks
  10. reclog
  11. reclogged

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