noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
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"No UK company responded, believing that the availability requirement could not be reached in British operating conditions. But General Motors thought otherwise, offering its SD40-2 design. However, to make it fit the UK loading gauge, considerable redesign was required."
"It became clear at last that the secondary windings were not strong enough to withstand the severe electro-magnetic forces to which they had been subjected and that the transformer would have to be redesigned."
"Tom decided to redesign his website."
A plan for making changes to the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system so as to better serve the purpose of the original design, or to serve purposes different from those set forth in the original design.
Common synonyms include: about face, accommodate, accommodation, adapt, adapt, adaptation.
Tom decided to redesign his website.
Pronounced /ˌɹiː.dɪˈzaɪn/.
From re- + design.