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backtrack Definition

back·track (-trak′)

intransitive verb

  1. to return by the same path
  2. 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.