shifting

adj 1: continuously moving or changing from position or direction;

"he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous

shifting glances"

2: continuously varying; "taffeta with shifting colors"

3: (of soil) unstable; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth" [syn: {unfirm}]

n : the act of moving from one place to another [syn: {shift}]

Shift In

(SI, Control-O, {ASCII} 15) The character used on

some ancient {teletypes} to start using an alternative

{character set}.

(1996-06-24)