Exchange (Noun)
Meaning 1
(chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop; "black lost the exchange".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Meaning 2
(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
(chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value; "the endgame began after the exchange of queens".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Meaning 4
A workplace for buying and selling; open only to members.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 5
Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency".
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Meaning 6
The act of giving something in return for something received; "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable".
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Meaning 7
Chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another.
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Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
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- In the process of nuclear transmutation, an atom of one element undergoes an exchange of its atomic nucleus with another nucleus to become an atom of a different element.
- Ion exchange chromatography separates molecules based on the reversible exchange of ions between a solid phase and a mobile phase.
- A catalytic exchange is a process where an enzyme facilitates the exchange of atoms between a reactant molecule and another molecule, usually a solvent.
- Double exchange occurs in a redox reaction when two metal ions exchange their oxidation states by exchanging electrons with a ligand.
- A counterion exchange involves the replacement of an existing counterion in a polyelectrolyte solution with another ion, typically driven by thermodynamic factors.
Meaning 8
A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.
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Meaning 9
A mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one); "they had a bitter exchange".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Meaning 10
The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help".
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Meaning 11
The act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.