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Swiss system

Swiss system proper noun: a non-eliminating tournament format that features a fixed number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than a round robin, so that each competitor does not face all the other competitors.

Proper noun

the Swiss system

  1. A non-eliminating tournament format that features a fixed number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than a round robin, so that each competitor does not face all the other competitors.

Questions about Swiss system

What does Swiss system mean?
Swiss system means a non-eliminating tournament format that features a fixed number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than a round robin, so that each competitor does not face all the other competitors.
What part of speech is Swiss system?
Swiss system is a proper noun.

Words near Swiss system in the dictionary

  1. Swiss Standard German
  2. Swiss steak
  3. Swiss steaks
  4. Swiss stone pine
  5. Swiss stone pines
  6. Swiss system
  7. Swiss-cheesed
  8. Swiss-German
  9. Swiss-German Sign Language
  10. Swiss-Germans
  11. Swiss-turn

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