Usually means: Converting subclass type to superclass.
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  1. upcasting: Collins English Dictionary
  2. upcasting: Wiktionary
  3. upcasting: Dictionary.com
  4. Upcasting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. upcasting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (upcast)

adjective:  Cast up; thrown upward.
noun:  (bowling) A cast; a throw.
noun:  (mining) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
noun:  (mining) A current of air passed along such a shaft.
noun:  (Scotland) An upset, as from a carriage.
noun:  (Scotland) A taunt; a reproach.
noun:  (computing) A cast from subtype to supertype.
noun:  A message transmitted via upcasting.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
verb:  (transitive, Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
verb:  (transitive, computing) To cast from subtype to supertype.
verb:  To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft
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