bang-bang

adjective

Applied to a kind of feedback control, or controller, that switches abruptly between two states.

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Meanings

adjectivebang-bang (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecontrol theoryApplied to a kind of feedback control, or controller, that switches abruptly between two states.
  2. not comparableball gamesOf a play, very close between being an out and being safe.

    In a game between Los Angeles and host Cincinnati, the Dodgers second baseman is called out at first base on a bang-bang play.

    2006, Dom Forker, Big League Baseball Puzzlers, →ISBN, page 41
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APA

bang-bang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bang-bang

MLA

“bang-bang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bang-bang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bang-bang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bang-bang.

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