Bang-bang

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Applied to a kind of feedback control, or controller, that switches abruptly between two states. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of a play, very close between being an out and being safe. not-comparable

    "In a game between Los Angeles and host Cincinnati, the Dodgers second baseman is called out at first base on a bang-bang play."

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"In a game between Los Angeles and host Cincinnati, the Dodgers second baseman is called out at first base on a bang-bang play."

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