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backtrackings

backtrackings is the plural of backtracking.

Meaning of backtracking

Noun

backtracking (countable and uncountable, plural backtrackings)

  1. The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
  2. The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
  3. The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
    • backtracking algorithm

Questions about backtrackings

What is backtrackings the plural of?
Backtrackings is the plural of backtracking.

Words near backtrackings in the dictionary

  1. backtrackable
  2. backtracked
  3. backtracker
  4. backtrackers
  5. backtracking
  6. backtrackings
  7. backtracks
  8. backtrail
  9. backtrailed
  10. backtrailing
  11. backtrails

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backtrackings (page history and authors); backtracking (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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