outcase

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noun

An outer case.

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Meanings

nounoutcase (plural outcases)

plural outcases

  1. An outer case.

    A silver Minute Pendulum watch with a silver outcase and a coat-of-arms engraven on it

    1899, Frederick James Britten, Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers, page 371
  2. rarecomputingA condition that allows code to break out of a recursive routine.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

outcase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcase

MLA

“outcase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcase. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outcase,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcase.

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