interterminal switching

noun

in·​ter·​terminal switching

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plural interterminal switchings

: the moving of cars from a point on one railroad line to a point on another when both points are within the switching limits of the same station or industrial switching district compare intraterminal switching

Word History

Etymology

inter- + terminal

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