different between numerical vs siteswap

English

Etymology

numeric +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n(j)u?m???k?l/

Adjective

numerical (comparative more numerical, superlative most numerical)

1. of or pertaining to numbers
2. (obsolete) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to numbers): numeric; see also Thesaurus:numerical
• (the same in number): numeric

Antonyms

• non-numerical

Derived terms

• numerically

Related terms

Related terms

• numeric
• number

Translations

Anagrams

• ceruminal, melanuric

English

Etymology

site +? swop. The term first appears in a Summer 1991 Juggler's World article, "A Notation for Juggling Tricks" by Bruce (Boppo) Tiemann and Bengt Magnusson:

If the juggler is thought of as juggling imaginary sites where the balls could be, as he does these tricks, which ball lands in which site is different from trick to trick. For this reason, we call these tricks "site-swaps." The number of sites is equal to the word length, and may be different from the number of balls actually being juggled.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?t.sw?p/

Noun

siteswap (countable and uncountable, plural siteswaps)

1. (uncountable) A numerical notation used to describe juggling patterns, where each number represents the height and direction of a throw.
2. (countable) A specific notation for a pattern.

Usage notes

• The simplest form of siteswap (namely, one-person asynchronous siteswap where only one object is thrown from a hand at a time) is known as vanilla siteswap.

Synonyms

• (uncountable sense): siteswap notation

See also

• siteswap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• WASPiest, waspiest