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backchains

backchains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backchain.

Meaning of backchain

Verb

backchain (third-person singular simple present backchains, present participle backchaining, simple past and past participle backchained)

  1. (artificial intelligence) To perform inferences, starting with a list of goals (or a hypothesis) and working backwards from the consequent to the antecedent.

Questions about backchains

What is backchains the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Backchains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backchain.

Words near backchains in the dictionary

  1. backcasting
  2. backcasts
  3. backchain
  4. backchained
  5. backchaining
  6. backchains
  7. backchannel
  8. backchanneled
  9. backchanneling
  10. backchannelled
  11. backchannelling

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