hand-off
[
hand
-awf, -of]
/ˈhændˌɔf, -ˌɒf/
noun
1.
Football.
an offensive play in which a player, usually a back, hands the ball to a teammate.
the ball itself during the execution of such a transfer:
He fumbled the hand-off.
2.
Aviation.
the condition or period in which control or surveillance of an aircraft is transferred from one control center to another.
Also,
handoff
.
Origin
1895-1900;
noun use of verb phrase
hand off
Examples from the web for
hand-off
Therefore, provided
hand-off
succeeds, the entire tracking and approach error budget is given by handoff error only.
British Dictionary definitions for
hand-off
hand-off
noun
1.
the act of warding off an opposing player with the open hand
verb
2.
(
transitive, adverb
) to ward off (an opponent) using a hand-off