round trip
a trip to a given place and back again: Fares for round trips often have a discount.
a transportation ticket for such a trip.
Pinochle. roundhouse (def. 4).
Origin of round trip
1Other words from round trip
- round-trip, adjective
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How to use round trip in a sentence
Finding the shortest round trip on a given shape might seem as simple as picking a direction and walking in a straight line.
Unfortunately, our existing processors are a bad match for the sort of algorithms that many of these techniques are based on, in part because they require frequent round trips between the processor and memory.
One piece of optical hardware performs massively parallel AI calculations | John Timmer | January 7, 2021 | Ars TechnicaComputer scientists also triumphed this year in dealing with the famous traveling salesperson problem, which concerns how to find the shortest round trip for any collection of cities.
At some point in the next several years she will conclude her round trip back to Diego Garcia and begin the entire process again.
How Sea Turtles Find Their Way - Issue 94: Evolving | Jason G. Goldman | December 16, 2020 | NautilusChristofides’ algorithm uses this tree as the backbone for a round-trip tour, adding extra edges to convert it into a round trip.
Computer Scientists Break Traveling Salesperson Record | Erica Klarreich | October 8, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
A 64-year-old animal trainer, he makes the six-hour round-trip every two weeks to submit to her and explore his sexuality.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau | Ian Frisch | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was making the round trip for the second time since the fighting began.
On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines | Ted Phillips | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe blamed the Ukrainians for letting it get run down, and he cut the round-trip air fare from Moscow almost in half.
He searches patiently through his briefcase and produces a round-trip ticket for the seat in question.
Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band | Grover Lewis | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt took me 1.5 hours (3 hours round trip) to get to school every day.
This Is What It Is Like To Be Deaf From Birth | Quora Contributor | December 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe round trip covers a distance of about seventy-five miles and occupies eight or ten hours.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyThe Pennsylvania made a round trip in about thirty-five days, with a day or two of idle time at either end.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThe next day we left our pony, and made a flying round trip of thirty miles to the settlement.
Bill's School and Mine | William Suddards FranklinIn less than two weeks, Motor Matt, we could make a round trip to the Bahamas in your air ship.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas | Stanley R. MatthewsThey saddled up and left at once, in order to complete the round trip before dark.
Deathworld | Harry Harrison
British Dictionary definitions for round trip
a trip to a place and back again, esp returning by a different route
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with round trip
A journey to a given place and back again, usually over the same route; also, a ticket for such a trip. For example, The fare for a round trip is generally lower than for two one-way journeys. [Mid-1800s]
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