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batched | x |

As a verb batched

is (batch).

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

batched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (batch)

    • batch

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bache, .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (batches)
  • A bank; a sandbank.
  • A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
    • We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.
  • A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
    • We poured a bucket of water in top, and the ice maker spit out a batch of icecubes at the bottom.
  • A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
  • * A new batch of Lords. --Lady M. W. Montagu.
  • (computing) A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.
    • The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.
  • (UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
  • (Philippines) A graduating class.
    • She was the valedictorian of Batch '73.
    Synonyms
    * (quantity of baked goods) recipe * (anything produced in one operation) pressing, run, lot * (group of things of the same kind) group, lot

    Verb

  • To aggregate things together into a batch.
    • The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.
  • (computing) To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.
    • The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
    • ''The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line.
    Antonyms
    * continuous
    Derived terms
    * batch mode * batch process

    References

    * * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

    Etymology 3

    from an abbreviation of the pronunciation of

    Verb

    (es)
  • (informal) To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.
    • I am batching next week when my wife visits her sister.
    Usage notes
    * Often with (it): "I usually batch it three nights a week when she calls on her out-of-town accounts." ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----