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swing-swangs

swing-swangs is the plural of swing-swang.

Meaning of swing-swang

Noun

swing-swang (plural swing-swangs)

  1. (archaic) A complete oscillation.
    • Thus, in the present case, the air in one second of time makes 512 swing-swangs or vibrations both ways, that is, 1024 simple swings each way, that is, simple vibrations, as the French call them, in one second.1877, Alexander John Ellis, On the Basis of Music

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Questions about swing-swangs

What is swing-swangs the plural of?
Swing-swangs is the plural of swing-swang.

Words near swing-swangs in the dictionary

  1. swing-by
  2. swing-bys
  3. swing-stock
  4. swing-stocks
  5. swing-swang
  6. swing-swangs
  7. swing-wing
  8. swingability
  9. swingable
  10. swingarm
  11. swingarms

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