Definitions
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- noun uncountable A
numerical notation used to describe juggling patterns, where each number represents the height and direction of a throw. - noun countable A specific notation for a pattern.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Toward that end, mathematicians have developed a notation, called "siteswap," that uniquely describes all possible throwing sequences.
Pick a Card, Any Card Alex Stone 2011
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The remarkable thing about siteswap is that it allows jugglers to devise new patterns on paper and determine whether they're juggleable with a few simple calculations, all without tossing a single ball.
Pick a Card, Any Card Alex Stone 2011
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A siteswap pattern consists of a string of numbers, each of which specifies how much time one ball—or club, or chainsaw, or banana—spends in the air.
Pick a Card, Any Card Alex Stone 2011
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· Animates all solo and passing siteswap patterns, including synchronous and multiplexed patterns, and patterns involving movement of the juggler bodies
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010
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· Animates all solo and passing siteswap patterns, including synchronous and multiplexed patterns, and patterns involving movement of the juggler bodies
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010
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· Animates all solo and passing siteswap patterns, including synchronous and multiplexed patterns, and patterns involving movement of the juggler bodies
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010
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