left shifting

A form of left shift — A bit shift to the left, in which all of the bits of an operand are shifted by a given number of positions to the left.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of left shift
Cite this entry
APA

left shifting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20shifting

MLA

“left shifting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20shifting. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “left shifting,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20shifting.

Source: left shifting on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.