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upcast

verb

  1. change the data type of an object so it can hold more data
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈʌpkæst/ / /ˈʌpkɑːst/ / /ʌpˈkæst/ / /ʌpˈkɑːst/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

  1. Cast up; thrown upward.

    “Old Saturn too with upcast eyes Beheld his abdicated skies”

noun

Etymology: From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

  1. A cast; a throw.

    “When I kissed the jack, upon an upcast to be hit away”

  2. The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
  3. A current of air passed along such a shaft.
  4. An upset, as from a carriage.
  5. A taunt; a reproach.

    “for what with the upcast and terror that I got a wee while syne, and what wi' the wee bit taste that I behoved to take of the plottie while I was making it, my head is sair eneugh distressed the night already.”

  6. A cast from subtype to supertype.
  7. A message transmitted via upcasting.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

  1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
  2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
  3. To cast from subtype to supertype.
  4. To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft