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'''Switchback''' may refer to: |
'''Switchback''' may refer to: |
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==Transportation== |
==Transportation== |
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* A [[hairpin turn]] on a road |
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* A [[horseshoe curve]] |
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* A [[zigzag]]ging pedestrian or cycling ramp |
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* A [[roller coaster]], or a roller coaster-like road |
* A [[roller coaster]], or a roller coaster-like road |
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* A [[zig zag (railway)]] |
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* [[The Switchback]], a former railway line in Glasgow, Scotland |
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* A [[motorcycle]] having detachable windscreens and luggage bags, e.g. Harley |
* A [[motorcycle]] having detachable windscreens and luggage bags, e.g. Harley-Davidson's Dyna 2012 model |
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==Entertainment== |
==Entertainment== |
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*[[Switchback (rollercoaster)]], a wooden roller coaster located at ZDT's Amusement Park |
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*[[Switchback (band)]], a duo which plays Americana music |
*[[Switchback (band)]], a duo which plays Americana music |
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*[[Switchback (TV series)|''Switchback'' (TV series)]], 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 |
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*[[Switchback (Celldweller song)|"Switchback" (Celldweller song)]], a song from Celldweller's album ''Celldweller'' |
*[[Switchback (Celldweller song)|"Switchback" (Celldweller song)]], a song from Celldweller's album ''Celldweller'' |
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*[[Switchback (Music for Pleasure song)|"Switchback" (Music for Pleasure song)]], a song from Music for Pleasure's album ''Into the Rain'' |
*[[Switchback (Music for Pleasure song)|"Switchback" (Music for Pleasure song)]], a song from Music for Pleasure's album ''Into the Rain'' |
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*[[Switchback (magazine)|''Switchback'' (magazine)]], official magazine of the Zig Zag Railway Co-op |
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== Other uses == |
== Other uses == |
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* [[Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC]], an association football club in Colorado, United States |
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* [[Switchback, West Virginia]], an unincorporated community in the United States |
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* 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) |
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* [[Magnetic switchback]], a sudden reversal in the magnetic field of the solar wind observed on the Sun |
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Latest revision as of 14:16, 23 November 2024
Look up switchback in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Switchback may refer to:
Transportation
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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