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uptree

/ˈʌp.tɹiː/

uptree adjective: higher in a tree data structure.

Adjective

uptree (not comparable)

  1. Higher in a tree data structure.
    Antonyms:
    downtree

Noun

uptree (plural uptrees)

  1. A subtree of a tree data structure that is rooted at a child of the current node (where the root node is considered to be the bottom of a tree).
    • The principal idea of [JAF 82] is that nodes do not start to update their routing table until all nodes in uptrees are notified.1986, Wei-Tek Tsai, Control and Management of Large and Dynamic Networks, page 73
    • The maximum number of such left or right up-trees that we could scan is O(log N).2006, Association for Computing Machinery, Twenty-fifth ACM SIGMOD-SIGACT-SIGART Symposium on Principles of Database Systems, page 241

Antonyms of uptree

Forms of uptree

pluraluptrees

Origin of uptree

From up- + tree.

Questions about uptree

What does uptree mean?
Uptree means higher in a tree data structure.
What part of speech is uptree?
Uptree can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce uptree?
Uptree is pronounced /ˈʌp.tɹiː/.

Words near uptree in the dictionary

  1. uptraces
  2. uptrain
  3. uptrained
  4. uptraining
  5. uptrains
  6. uptree
  7. uptrees
  8. uptrend
  9. uptrended
  10. uptrending
  11. uptrends

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