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downtraces

downtraces is the plural of downtrace.

Meaning of downtrace

Noun

downtrace (plural downtraces)

  1. The process of taking scientific samples as a probe is moving downward.
    • That the results are fairly accurate is shown by the uptrace and the downtrace being very similar. Still, when two instruments have been attached to the same balloon, the results are not absolutely in accord, either as regards temperature or pressure.1911, Quarterly Report of the Meteorological Society of Scottland
  2. The set of subordinate units lower in the chain of command from a specified unit.
    • Shouldn't each CAPSTONE general officer command (GOCOM) be made a miniArmy Reserve command (ARCOM), with direct responsibility for training its USAR and active component downtrace (contingency chain of command)?1988, Military Review, page 89
  3. The subtree of a tree structure that is determined by an attribute of a parent node.
    • B2 processing occurs when the subtree is in the downtrace of an attribute in X.1971, Jack Minker, Proceedingsof the Symposium on Information Storage and Retrieval, page 141

Questions about downtraces

What is downtraces the plural of?
Downtraces is the plural of downtrace.

Words near downtraces in the dictionary

  1. downtown
  2. downtowner
  3. downtowners
  4. downtowns
  5. downtrace
  6. downtraces
  7. downtrading
  8. downtread
  9. downtreading
  10. downtreads
  11. downtree

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