Rearranging

Common synonyms include: chromosomal rearrangement, displacive, genomic rearrangement, inversion, isolate, isolating.

noun, verb

noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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rearrangement
"After many rearrangings — his eyes all the while swiveling metronomically between the package on the stranger's lap and the stranger's absent gaze — he at last settled, brow knit with dissatisfaction, on an order that would temporarily suffice […]"

Verb

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present participle and gerund of rearrange form-of, gerund, participle, present

"This is like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic."