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octree

octree noun: a treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to eight children, most often used to partition a three-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.

Noun

octree (plural octrees)

  1. A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to eight children, most often used to partition a three-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.

Forms of octree

pluraloctrees

Origin of octree

From oct- + tree.

Questions about octree

What does octree mean?
Octree means a treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to eight children, most often used to partition a three-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.
What part of speech is octree?
Octree is a noun.
What is the plural of octree?
The plural of octree is octrees.

Words near octree in the dictionary

  1. octoxide
  2. octoxides
  3. octoyl
  4. Octr
  5. Octr.
  6. octree
  7. octrees
  8. octreoscan
  9. octreoscanning
  10. octreoscans
  11. octreotate

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