pre-order
pre-order is the alternative form of preorder.
Meaning of preorder
Adjective
preorder (not comparable)
- Such that, recursively, the root is visited before the left and right subtrees.
- Now, the preorder traversal of a tree can be constructed from the preorder traversals of the subtrees rooted at the children of the root of the tree.2002, Gabriel Valiente, Algorithms on Trees and Graphs, Springer, page 115
Forms of pre-order
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | pre-orders |
| present participle | pre-ordering |
| past participle | pre-ordered |
| past | pre-ordered |
| Noun | |
| plural | pre-orders |
Questions about pre-order
- What is pre-order the alternative form of?
- Pre-order is the alternative form of preorder.
Words near pre-order in the dictionary
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