casting

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Technical

n. a way of making an object by pouring hot, liquid metal or plastic into a shaped container called a mold.

n. a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is poured into a mold and allowed to solidify. Also refers to the resulting physical object.

“The artist created a bronze casting of the clay sculpture.”

“The factory specialised in the casting of engine blocks, using a sand-mold technique that ensured high thermal resistance in the finished components.”

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Computing Technical

n. the act of changing a piece of data from one type to another, like turning a number into text.

n. the process of converting a value from one data type to another. Often involves explicit syntax to treat an object as a different class or primitive.

“You can use casting to turn a decimal number into a whole number in your code.”

“The developer implemented explicit casting to ensure the floating-point result was correctly stored as an integer before the final calculation.”

C2 · Proficiency Plural noun Science Technical

n. the waste material left behind by earthworms or the undigested food brought up by birds of prey.

n. the excreta of earthworms or the regurgitated pellets of indigestible material from hawks and other raptors.

“The gardener noticed worm castings in the soil, which is a sign of healthy earth.”

“Ornithologists analysed the hawk's castings to determine the specific species of rodents present in the local ecosystem.”