Regular vs. Switch

Regularadjective

(Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).

Regularadjective

Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.

Regularadjective

Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size

Regularadjective

Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.

Regularadjective

Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.

Regularadjective

Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).

Regularadjective

Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.

Regularadjective

Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language.

Regularadjective

Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.

Regularadjective

Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.

Regularadjective

Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.

Regularadjective

(colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.

Regularadjective

Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.

Regularadjective

(crystallography) Isometric.

Regularadjective

(snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward.

Regularadjective

Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.

Regularadverb

Regularly, on a regular basis.

Regularnoun

A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).

Regularnoun

A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.

Regularnoun

A frequent customer, client or business partner.

Regularnoun

(Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.

Regularnoun

Anything that is normal or standard.

Regularnoun

A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.

Regularnoun

A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.

Regularnoun

A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.

Regularadjective

Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.

Regularadjective

Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits.

Regularadjective

Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.

Regularadjective

Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.

Regularadjective

Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.

Regularadjective

Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.

Regularadjective

Same as Isometric.

Regularnoun

A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church.

Regularnoun

A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; - chiefly used in the plural.

Regularnoun

a regular patron;

Regularnoun

a soldier in the regular army

Regularnoun

a dependable follower (especially in party politics);

Regularnoun

a garment size for persons of average height and weight

Regularadjective

in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle;

Regularadjective

often used as intensifiers;

Regularadjective

conforming to a standard or pattern;

Regularadjective

(of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula

Regularadjective

regularly scheduled for fixed times;

Regularadjective

in accord with regular practice or procedure;

Regularadjective

occurring at fixed intervals;

Regularadjective

relating to a person who does something regularly;

Regularadjective

(used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces;

Regularadjective

not constipated

Regularadjective

symmetrically arranged;

Regularadjective

not deviating from what is normal;

Regularadjective

officially full-time;

Switchnoun

A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.

Switchnoun

A change.

Switchnoun

A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.

Switchnoun

A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.

Switchnoun

(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.

Switchnoun

A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.

Switchnoun

A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.

Switchnoun

(telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.

Switchnoun

(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.

Switchverb

(transitive) To exchange.

Switchverb

(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.

Switchverb

(transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.

Switchverb

(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.

Switchverb

To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.

Switchverb

To swing or whisk.

Switchverb

To be swung or whisked.

Switchverb

To trim.

Switchverb

To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.

Switchverb

(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.

Switchadjective

(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.

Switchadjective

Pertaining to skiing backwards.

Switchnoun

A small, flexible twig or rod.

Switchnoun

A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

Switchnoun

A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

Switchnoun

A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.

Switchverb

To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.

Switchverb

To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.

Switchverb

To trim, as, a hedge.

Switchverb

To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; - generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.

Switchverb

To shift to another circuit.

Switchverb

To walk with a jerk.

Switchnoun

control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

Switchnoun

an event in which one thing is substituted for another;

Switchnoun

hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

Switchnoun

railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

Switchnoun

a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

Switchnoun

a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

Switchnoun

the act of changing one thing or position for another;

Switchverb

change over, change around, or switch over

Switchverb

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Switchverb

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;

Switchverb

make a shift in or exchange of;

Switchverb

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

Switchverb

flog with or as if with a flexible rod

Switchverb

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Switchnoun

a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit

Switchnoun

a program variable which activates or deactivates a certain function of a program.

Switchnoun

a device which forwards data packets to an appropriate part of the network.

Switchnoun

an act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another

Switchnoun

a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree.

Switchnoun

a set of points on a railway track.

Switchnoun

a tress of false or detached hair tied at one end, used in hairdressing to supplement natural hair.

Switchverb

change the position, direction, or focus of

Switchverb

adopt (something different) in place of something else; change

Switchverb

substitute (two items) for each other; exchange

Switchverb

beat or flick with or as if with a switch.

Switch

In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in an electrical circuit, interrupting the electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another. The most common type of switch is an electromechanical device consisting of one or more sets of movable electrical contacts connected to external circuits.