routing
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tɪŋ, ˈraʊ- noun
1.
the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.
2.
the arranging and scheduling of mail for delivery.
3.
delivery according to scheduled sequence.
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noun
1.
2.
any overwhelming defeat: a rout of the home team by the state champions.
3.
a tumultuous or disorderly crowd of persons.
4.
the rabble or mob.
5.
Law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a manner that suggests an intention to riot although they do not actually carry out the intention.
verb (used with object)
8.
to disperse in defeat and disorderly flight: to rout an army.
9.
to defeat decisively: to rout an opponent in conversation.
Origin:
1200–50; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French rute, Old French route a fraction, detachment < Latin rupta, feminine past participle of rumpere to break; (v.) derivative of the noun
1200–50; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French rute, Old French route a fraction, detachment < Latin rupta, feminine past participle of rumpere to break; (v.) derivative of the noun
Synonyms
3. swarm, horde. 9. overwhelm, overcome, subdue.
3. swarm, horde. 9. overwhelm, overcome, subdue.
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noun
1.
a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
2.
a customary or regular line of passage or travel: a ship on the North Atlantic route.
3.
a specific itinerary, round, or number of stops regularly visited by a person in the performance of his or her work or duty: a newspaper route; a mail carrier's route.
verb (used with object)
Idioms 4.
to fix the route of: to route a tour.
5.
to send or forward by a particular route: to route mail to its proper destination.
6.
go the route, Informal.
a.
to see something through to completion: It was a tough assignment, but he went the route.
b.
Baseball. to pitch the complete game: The heat and humidity were intolerable, but the pitcher managed to go the route.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English: way, course < Old French < Latin rupta (via) broken (road), feminine past participle of rumpere to break; cf. rout1
1175–1225; Middle English: way, course < Old French < Latin rupta (via) broken (road), feminine past participle of rumpere to break; cf. rout1
Related forms
mis·route, verb (used with object), mis·rout·ed, mis·rout·ing.
pre·route, verb (used with object), pre·rout·ed, pre·rout·ing.
re·route, verb, re·rout·ed, re·rout·ing.
Synonyms
3. beat, circuit.
3. beat, circuit.
verb (used with object)
3.
to turn over or dig up (something) with the snout.
4.
to find or get by searching, rummaging, etc. (usually followed by out ).
5.
to cause to rise from bed (often followed by up or out ).
6.
to force or drive out.
7.
to hollow out or furrow, as with a scoop, gouge, or machine.
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1.
to bellow; roar.
noun
2.
a bellow.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English rowten < Old Norse rauta to bellow; akin to Latin rudere
1250–1300; Middle English rowten < Old Norse rauta to bellow; akin to Latin rudere
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rout1 (raʊt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an overwhelming defeat |
| 2. | a disorderly retreat |
| 3. | a noisy rabble |
| 4. | law a group of three or more people proceeding to commit an illegal act |
| 5. | archaic a large party or social gathering |
| —vb | |
| 6. | (tr) to defeat and cause to flee in confusion |
| [C13: from Anglo-Norman rute, from Old French: disorderly band, from Latin ruptus broken, from rumpere to burst; see | |
| rout2 (raʊt) | |
| —vb (usually foll by out) (often foll by out) | |
| 1. | to dig over or turn up (something), esp (of an animal) with the snout; root |
| 2. | (tr |
| 3. | to force or drive out: they routed him out of bed at midnight |
| 4. | to hollow or gouge out |
| 5. | (intr) to search, poke, or rummage |
| [C16: variant of | |
| route (ruːt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the choice of roads taken to get to a place |
| 2. | a regular journey travelled |
| 3. | (US) (capital) a main road between cities: Route 66 |
| 4. | mountaineering the direction or course taken by a climb |
| 5. | med the means by which a drug or agent is administered or enters the body, such as by mouth or by injection: oral route |
| —vb , routes, routing, routeing, routed | |
| 6. | to plan the route of; send by a particular route |
| usage When forming the present participle or verbal noun from the verb to route it is preferable to retain the e in order to distinguish the word from routing, the present participle or verbal noun from rout1, to defeat or rout², to dig, rummage: the routeing of buses from the city centre to the suburbs. The spelling routing in this sense is, however, sometimes encountered, esp in American English | |
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Word Origin & History
rout
1598, "disorderly retreat," from M.Fr. route "disorderly flight of troops," lit. "a breaking off, rupture," from V.L. rupta "a dispersed group," lit. "a broken group," from L. rupta, fem. pp. of rumpere "to break" (see rupture). The verb is from 1600.
route
early 13c., from O.Fr. rute "road, way, path," from L. rupta (via) "(a road) opened by force," from rupta, fem. pp. of rumpere "to break" (see rupture). Sense of "fixed or regular course for carrying things" (cf. mail route) is 1792, an extension of the meaning "customary
path of animals" (early 15c.).
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Computing Dictionary
routing definition
tool/row'ting/ Using a kind of rotating cutting tool called a router, pronounced /row't*/. In the USA a router, pronounced /row't*/, is also a network device that performs "routing". In the UK, the network device is pronounced /roo't*/ and what it does is spelled "routeing".
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Example sentences
Two days later, there was a routing flap or another outage.
Chris thinks by staring at his feet and verbally routing ideas through the techno-babble in his head.
Airline routing is trivial compared to microchip routing or driving directions.
It will be a few years before the data and computer models are solid enough for reliable predictive routing.
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