Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • 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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

The first use of the term "site-swap" appears in the Summer 1991 Juggler's World article, "A Notation for Juggling Tricks" by Bruce (Boppo) Tiemann and Bengt Magnusson. The article states,

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word siteswap.

Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • · 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

  • · 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

  • · 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

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.