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Switchback may refer to:

Transportation

A hairpin turn on a road
A horseshoe curve
A zigzagging pedestrian or cycling ramp
A roller coaster, or a roller coaster-like road
A zig zag (railway)
The Switchback, a former railway line in Glasgow, Scotland
A motorcycle having detachable windscreens and luggage bags, e.g. Harley-Davidson's Dyna 2012 model

Entertainment

Switchback Railway, the first roller coaster designed as an amusement ride in the United States
Switchback (rollercoaster), a wooden roller coaster located at ZDT's Amusement Park
Switchback (band), a duo which plays Americana music
Switchback (TV series), a Canadian television show for children and teens broadcast on the CBC in the 1980s
Switchback (comics), a Marvel Comics character connected to the X-Men
Switchback (film), a 1997 film starring Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover
"Switchback" (Celldweller song), a song from Celldweller's album Celldweller
"Switchback" (Music for Pleasure song), a song from Music for Pleasure's album Into the Rain

Other uses

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, an association football club in Colorado, United States
Switchback, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
In asymptotic analysis (mathematics), a term of intermediate order multiplying a homogenous solution (forced by matching to an outer solution)
Magnetic switchback, a sudden reversal in the magnetic field of the solar wind observed on the Sun

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Switchback.
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 '''Switchback''' may refer to:
 ==Transportation==
+* A [[hairpin turn]] on a road
-* (primarily in American English) a road or trail joined by [[hairpin bend]]s
+* A [[horseshoe curve]]
-* (primarily in British English) a [[roller coaster]], or a roller coaster-like road (for the latter, see also in article on [[hairpin bend]])
+* A [[zigzag]]ging pedestrian or cycling ramp
-* [[Switchback Railway]], the first roller coaster designed as an amusement ride in America
+* A [[roller coaster]], or a roller coaster-like road
-* [[Zig zag (railway)]],  a railway with high ascents and descents
+* A [[zig zag (railway)]]
+* [[The Switchback]], a former railway line in Glasgow, Scotland
+* A [[motorcycle]] having detachable windscreens and luggage bags, e.g. Harley-Davidson's Dyna 2012 model
 ==Entertainment==
+*[[Switchback Railway]], the first roller coaster designed as an amusement ride in the United States
+*[[Switchback (rollercoaster)]], a wooden roller coaster located at ZDT's Amusement Park
 *[[Switchback (band)]], a duo which plays Americana music
-*[[Switchback (CBC)|''Switchback'' (CBC)]], a Canadian television show for children and teens broadcast on the CBC in the 1980s
+*[[Switchback (TV series)|''Switchback'' (TV series)]], a Canadian television show for children and teens broadcast on the CBC in the 1980s
 *[[Switchback (comics)]], a Marvel Comics character connected to the X-Men
-*[[Switchback (film)|''Switchback'' (film)]], a 1997 film starring Dennis Quaid and R. Lee Ermey
+*[[Switchback (film)|''Switchback'' (film)]], a 1997 film starring Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover
-*"Switchback", a 2003 song from Celldweller's ''[[Celldweller (album)|Celldweller]]''
+*[[Switchback (Celldweller song)|"Switchback" (Celldweller song)]], a song from Celldweller's album ''Celldweller''
+*[[Switchback (Music for Pleasure song)|"Switchback" (Music for Pleasure song)]], a song from Music for Pleasure's album ''Into the Rain''
 == Other uses ==
+* [[Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC]], an association football club in Colorado, United States
-*[[Switchback (online literary journal)|''Switchback'' (online literary journal)]], a publication of the Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program of the University of San Francisco
-*[[Switchback, West Virginia]], an unincorporated community in the United States
+* [[Switchback, West Virginia]], an unincorporated community in the United States
-* In [[asymptotic analysis]], a term of intermediate order multiplying a homogenous solution (forced by matching to an outer solution)
+* In [[asymptotic analysis]] (mathematics), a term of intermediate order multiplying a homogenous solution (forced by matching to an outer solution)
+* [[Magnetic switchback]], a sudden reversal in the magnetic field of the solar wind observed on the Sun
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