backtrack
backtrack
Definition
☆ back·track (-trak′)
intransitive verb
- to return by the same path
- to withdraw from a position, attitude, etc.
backtrack
Usage Examples
Object
- algorithm: Using a backtrack algorithm based on stabilizer chains would probably make canonical tests much faster in the average.
- bit: I'm going to backtrack a bit here: How did I come to write The Nature of Magic?
- search: The heart of the program is a backtracking search.
- routine: Another backtrack routine then searches for the actual normalizer induced subgroup.
- scheduler: In this report, we first describe conventional cycle and list schedulers followed by two novel backtracking schedulers.
- feature: That's psychology... Backtracking A fundamental feature of regular expression matching involves the notion called backtracking.
Preposition: on
- commitment: Moreover, within weeks of the summit the major powers had started backtracking even on these limited commitments.
- agreement: Sadly, his record on these matters is not good, and he has frequently backtracked on agreements made by his ministers.
- plan: Home Secretary David Blunkett is thought to have backtracked on plans to scrap the voucher system, despite intense pressure from trade unions.
Modifying Another Word
- quickly: When they realized just how far out on a limb they were they had to quickly backtrack.
- no: I am assuming that the journey is as shown, with no backtracking.
- then: We then backtrack a couple of days to determine the the etiology of Hussein's fate.
- now: Wife is now backtracking from our previous oral agreement on how to solve our finacial obligations.
- not: You're not backtracking to find health packs - you're just doing what feels natural to survive.
- slightly: They'll often appear from areas that you had previously cleared, forcing you to backtrack slightly in order to take them out.
Followed by a transitive particle
- over: In essence their method utilizes a stack to permit backtracking over changes in the learning function.
Infinitive complement
- find: You're not backtracking to find health packs - you're just doing what feels natural to survive.
- try: In every case, the foreach statement uses backtracking to try to exhaustively find all nodes that match the given pattern.
- redo: Note the need to add the cut ( !/0 ) to prevent unwanted behavior on backtracking to redo a call to this predicate.
Preposition: from
- commitment: At the moment, some governments, notably the US, are even trying to backtrack from commitments made 10 years ago.
Browse dictionary entries near backtrack
- backsword
- backswing
- backswimmer
- backswept
- backstroke
- backstretch
- backstopped deal
- backstop
- backstitch
- backstay
