Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rewire
nounrewiring (plural rewirings)
plural rewirings
- A new wiring
The work involved a complete rewiring of the system, while the addition of four higher-capacity Mechan jacks and the increased length of the new train meant the entire floor (the length of four train carriages) had to be dug up, levelled and strengthened to meet tolerance requirements.
2020 August 12, “Network News: Four new jacks at Clacton depot”, in Rail, page 18 - informalA new configuration of neurons in the brain.
Translations
Italian ricablaggio, ricablaggio
- ricablaggioa new wiring
- ricablaggioa new configuration of neurons in the brain
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rewiring
requiringhiringwiringfiringinspiringretiringaspiringdesiringexpiringinquiringadmiringtiringconspiringenquiringuninspiringuntiringquiringperspiringmisfiringrehiringsiringattiringprehiringrefiring
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
rewiring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewiring
MLA
“rewiring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewiring. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rewiring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewiring.
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