a transitional period in a computer system changeover during which old and new systems work concurrently
cutover in American English
(ˈkʌtˌoʊvər)
US
adjective
1.
cleared of trees
noun
2.
land cleared of trees
cutover in American English
(ˈkʌtˌouvər)
adjective
1. (esp of timberland)
cleared of trees
noun
2.
land, esp. timberland, cleared of trees
Word origin
[1895–1900, Amer. adj., n. use of v. phrase cut over]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: apothecaries' measure, calling card, cutback, flamenco, freewheel
Examples of 'cutover' in a sentence
cutover
The resulting changes in peat properties severely impede the recovery of vegetation on cutover peatland.
E. Zając, J. Zarzycki, M. Ryczek 2018, 'Substrate quality and spontaneous revegetation of extracted peatland: case study ofan abandoned Polish mountain bog', Mires and Peathttp://mires-and-peat.net/media/map21/map_21_12.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We collected analogous samples in a naturally regenerating cutover peatland at 1000 m a.s.l.
I. Koenig, K. Christinat, M. d'Inverno, E.A.D. Mitchell 2018, 'Impact of two hot and dry summers on the community structure and functional diversityof testate amoebae in an artificial bog, illustrating their use as bioindicators ofpeatland health', Mires and Peathttp://mires-and-peat.net/media/map21/map_21_08.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The cutover area clearly suitable for forestation covered 57 % of the study area.
P.T. Picken 2006, 'Land-use scenarios for Finnish cut-over peatlands - based on the mineral subsoil characteristics',Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finlandhttp://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume78/picken.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Four experiments aimed to assess the success of cloudberry establishment and its productivity in abandoned cutover peatland.
M. Bellemare, L. Lapointe, G. Chiasson, J-Y. Daigle, L. Rochefort 2009, 'Conditions favouring survival of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) rhizomes planted incutover peatland', Mires and Peathttp://www.mires-and-peat.net/map05/map_05_07.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thus, both the backyards and rural cutover lands participate in the subsistence and income of riparian families from this community.
Williane Maria de Oliveira Martins, Lilliane Maria de Oliveira Martins, Wilton Joséde Oliveira Martins, Sebastião Ferreira Lima Júnior, Fabiano Silveira Paiva 2012, 'Agrobiodiversity in riparian backyards and rural cutover lands in the Boca do Moacommunity – Acre, Brazil', Biotemashttp://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume253/111a120.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The habitats of this subspecies are cutover peatlands whose natural vegetation was disturbed 6-8 years ago during peat exploitation.
Ilona Jukonienė, Rasa Dobravolskaitė, Jūratė Sendžikaitė 2012, 'Characteristics of atypical Huperzia selago subsp. arctica habitats to the south ofdistribution area', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/267. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)