different between casting vs uncastable

English

Pronunciation

• (General American): enPR: k?st??ng, IPA^(key): /?kæst??/
• (Received Pronunciation): enPR: käst??ng, IPA^(key): /?k??st??/
• (Northern England): IPA^(key): /?kast??/
• (NYC): IPA^(key): /?k??st??/
• Rhymes: -??st??
• Hyphenation: cast?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast +? -ing.

Verb

casting

1. present participle of cast

Etymology 2

From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast +? -ing.

Noun

casting (countable and uncountable, plural castings)

1. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
2. A manufacturing process using a mold.
3. An object made in a mold.
4. The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.
5. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
6. (programming) The act of converting between data types.
7. (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.

Synonyms

• (selection of performers): audition

Derived terms

• leafcasting
• ray casting

Translations

Anagrams

• actings

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English casting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.ti?/

Noun

casting m (plural castings)

1. casting (selection of actors)

Further reading

• “casting” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English casting.

Noun

casting m (invariable)

1. casting (selection of actors)

Polish

Alternative forms

• kasting

Etymology

From English casting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.stink/

Noun

casting m inan

1. casting (selection of performers)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) castingowy

Further reading

• casting in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• casting in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

casting m (plural castings)

1. Alternative form of cásting

English

Etymology

un- +? castable

Adjective

uncastable (comparative more uncastable, superlative most uncastable)

1. That cannot be cast (filled with, or allocated, a theatrical role).
   • 1974, New York Magazine (volume 7, number 3, 21 January 1974)

     Colleen Dewhurst, though in many ways wrong for the virtually uncastable Josie, is as lucid and luminous...
2. (computing, programming) That cannot be cast (converted to other data types).
   • 2000, Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant, Programming Perl

     They're strongly typed, uncastable pointers...

3. (medicine) That cannot be set in a cast.
   • 2005, Mercer Rang, Maya E Pring, Dennis Ray Wenger, Rang's children's fractures

     ...internal fixation in children with open, unstable, or otherwise uncastable forearm fractures...

4. That cannot be used for, or produced through, casting (manufacturing with a mould).
   • 1943, The Mining Magazine

     Casting must be done within a day or two of moulding or the moulds will begin to wind-dry and become uncastable...

   • 1982, Production engineering

     This allows the casting of otherwise uncastable materials, with acceptable rejection rates, and can increase ductility by as much as a factor of six.