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reflagging

reflagging is the present participle and gerund of reflag.

Meaning of reflag

Verb

reflag (third-person singular simple present reflags, present participle reflagging, simple past and past participle reflagged)

  1. (transitive) To change the flag on a vessel, etc.
    • The Navy assumed responsibility for escorting the reflagged tankers in the Gulf and through the perilous Strait of Hormuz...1996, Robert Timberg, The nightingale's song
  2. (transitive) To flag (mark with a variable) again or differently.
    • In addition, it is only necessary to reflag the cells that lie along the free surface and some of their neighbor cells in each computational step.1991, Luiz C Wrobel, C A Brebbia, Computational Modelling of Free and Moving Boundary Problems: Fluid flow

Questions about reflagging

What is reflagging the present participle and gerund of?
Reflagging is the present participle and gerund of reflag.

Words near reflagging in the dictionary

  1. refl.
  2. reflag
  3. reflagellation
  4. reflagellations
  5. reflagged
  6. reflagging
  7. reflags
  8. reflame
  9. reflamed
  10. reflames
  11. reflaming

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