hoisting
noun/ˈhɔɪstɪŋ/
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The act by which something is hoisted.
- Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing.1956 May, “London Transport Diesel-Electric Cranes”, in Railway Magazine, page 337:
- The Madras government allowed flag hoistings in particular circumstances[…]2007, Lisa N. Trivedi, Clothing Gandhi's Nation: Homespun and Modern India:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences The behaviour of JavaScript syntax which allows variables to be used before they are declared.
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