rehandling
rehandling is the present participle and gerund of rehandle.
Meaning of rehandle
Verb
rehandle (third-person singular simple present rehandles, present participle rehandling, simple past and past participle rehandled)
- To handle again.
- Its author is still concerned primarily with man on earth, rehandling in a new perspective an ancient theme: that man, each man and all men, and all their works shall die.1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 21
- To furnish with a new handle; to replace the handle of.
Noun
rehandling (plural rehandlings)
- The act by which something is rehandled.
- The minimization of the number of container rehandlings is, thus, the most important issue in this case.2006, Cynthia Barnhart, Gilbert Laporte, Handbooks in Operations Research & Management Science: Transportation
Forms of rehandling
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Questions about rehandling
- What does rehandling mean?
- Rehandling means the act by which something is rehandled.
- What is rehandling the present participle and gerund of?
- Rehandling is the present participle and gerund of rehandle.
- What part of speech is rehandling?
- Rehandling is a noun.
- What is the plural of rehandling?
- The plural of rehandling is rehandlings.
Words near rehandling in the dictionary
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