Routing

//ˈɹutɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The assignment of a route to anything. countable, uncountable

    "the optimal routing of delivery vehicles"

  2. 2
    A channel cut in a material such as wood with a router or gouge.
  3. 3
    A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of route form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    present participle and gerund of rout form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
conquest

Example

More examples

"I remember a clock of this latter type, that we had in the house when I was a boy, routing us all up at three o'clock one winter's morning."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From route + -ing.

Etymology 2

From rout + -ing.

Related phrases

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