switchingstudy
nounUK /ˈswɪtʃɪŋˌstʌdi/
US /ˈswɪtʃɪŋˌstʌdi/
A switching study is a test that checks how well two things work when you change from one to the other.
The doctors did a switching study to see if the new medicine worked as well as the old one.
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2. A study of how people change from one habit or routine to another.
The switching study showed that kids adjust to a new school schedule in about a week.
3. A test that compares two products by having users switch between them.
The company ran a switching study to compare the two phone brands.
4. An experiment where a machine or system is changed from one setting to another to check its performance.
Engineers completed a switching study on the backup power system.