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While it can be pleasurable to move speedily through a work of fiction, there's a different sort of pleasure to be had in lingering, backtracking, rereading the same page.
Joanna Scott

Meaning of "backtracking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACKTRACKING

backtracking  [ˈbæktrækɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACKTRACKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Backtracking is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACKTRACKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Backtracking

Backtracking is a general algorithm for finding all solutions to some computational problem, that incrementally builds candidates to the solutions, and abandons each partial candidate c as soon as it determines that c cannot possibly be completed to a valid solution. The classic textbook example of the use of backtracking is the eight queens puzzle, that asks for all arrangements of eight chess queens on a standard chessboard so that no queen attacks any other. In the common backtracking approach, the partial candidates are arrangements of k queens in the first k rows of the board, all in different rows and columns. Any partial solution that contains two mutually attacking queens can be abandoned, since it cannot possibly be completed to a valid solution. Backtracking can be applied only for problems which admit the concept of a "partial candidate solution" and a relatively quick test of whether it can possibly be completed to a valid solution. It is useless, for example, for locating a given value in an unordered table.

Definition of backtracking in the English dictionary

The definition of backtracking in the dictionary is retraction or reversal of opinions, policies etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACKTRACKING


attacking
əˈtækɪŋ
backing
ˈbækɪŋ
backpacking
ˈbækpækɪŋ
barebacking
ˈbeəbækɪŋ
cracking
ˈkrækɪŋ
fast-tracking
ˈfɑːstˌtrækɪŋ
fracking
ˈfrækɪŋ
hacking
ˈhækɪŋ
hijacking
ˈhaɪdʒækɪŋ
meatpacking
ˈmiːtpækɪŋ
nerve-wracking
ˈnɜːvˌrækɪŋ
packing
ˈpækɪŋ
racking
ˈrækɪŋ
sacking
ˈsækɪŋ
safecracking
ˈseɪfˌkrækɪŋ
smacking
ˈsmækɪŋ
stacking
ˈstækɪŋ
tracking
ˈtrækɪŋ
unpacking
ʌnˈpækɪŋ
wisecracking
ˈwaɪzkrækɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACKTRACKING

backstopped
backstopping
backstreet
backstroke
backswept
backswimmer
backswing
backsword
backswordsman
backtrack
backup
backveld
backvelder
backward
backward roll
backward somersault
backward-looking
backwardation
backwardly
backwardness

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACKTRACKING

banking
blocking
checking
clicking
docking
fucking
kicking
knocking
lacking
licking
locking
mocking
overclocking
picking
rocking
shocking
stocking
sucking
trafficking
trucking
wrecking

Synonyms and antonyms of backtracking in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «BACKTRACKING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «backtracking» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of backtracking

Translation of «backtracking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACKTRACKING

Find out the translation of backtracking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of backtracking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «backtracking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回溯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

backtracking
570 millions of speakers

English

backtracking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पश्चअनुमार्गण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التراجع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

откат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retrocesso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

backtracking না
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retour en arrière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Backtracking
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Backtracking
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バックトラッキング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

역 추적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mundur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Dùng kiến ​​thức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்தடமறியும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॅकट्र्रेकिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

backtracking
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

backtracking
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wycofywania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відкат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

backtracking
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπαναχωρήσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

back tracking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

backtracking
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sporing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of backtracking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKTRACKING»

The term «backtracking» is regularly used and occupies the 75.107 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKTRACKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about backtracking

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3 QUOTES WITH «BACKTRACKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word backtracking.
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Bruno Mars
Someone told me something that stuck with me: 'You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.' I've been living by that motto for a while, so I see where I need to be. Now I'm just backtracking and trying to get back up there.
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Ronnie Musgrove
Enacting elements of the Affordable Care Act isn't backtracking on core principles, but rather understanding that new ways to help make health care affordable builds stronger businesses and saves struggling hospitals. And that is a very attractive offer.
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Joanna Scott
While it can be pleasurable to move speedily through a work of fiction, there's a different sort of pleasure to be had in lingering, backtracking, rereading the same page.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKTRACKING»

Discover the use of backtracking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to backtracking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Backtracking: The Way of a Naturalist
When I come upon an animals tracks in the woods, I find myself moving back against the animal's direction to trace where it started from, Ted Levin writes in "Backtracking: The Way of a Naturalist.
Ted Levin, 2007
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Backtracking: By Foot, Canoe, and Subaru Along the Lewis and ...
This account relates a uniquely Western experience: To consider the trek of Lewis and Clark is to yearn for the land as they experienced it. To find it today, backtracking is required. Book jacket.
Benjamin Long, 2004
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Backtracking
Dave Oliphant. Backtracking "This One Backtracking Poems by Dave Oliphant HOST PUBLICATIONS. INC. AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Dave Oliphant, 2005
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Progress in Artificial Intelligence: 11th Protuguese ...
In our implementation of BerkMin-like heuristic backtracking, the metrics of the literals of all clauses that are directly involved in producing the conflict, and so in creating the newly recorded clause, are updated when a clause is recorded.
Fernando Moura Pires, Salvador Abreu, 2003
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SAT 2005: Satisfiability Research in the Year 2005
BerkMin-like heuristic backtracking makes the search backtrack to level 2, that is, the level where x12 has been assigned. 5. Unrestricted Backtracking Heuristic backtracking can be viewed as a special case of unrestricted backtracking [16].
Enrico Giunchiglia, Toby Walsh, 2007
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Hybrid Parallel Execution Model for Logic-based ...
Even though some of the interesting developments in various approaches for handling backtracking are not necessarily under the context of parallel logic program model, they are still worth mentioning. There still exist a lot of approaches in ...
Jeffrey J.-P. Tsai, Bing Li, 2001
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Computer Algorithms C++: C++ and Pseudocode Versions
In the search for fundamental principles of algorithm design, backtracking represents one of the most general techniques. Many problems which deal with searching for a set of solutions or which ask for an optimal solution satisfying some ...
Ellis Horowitz, Sartaj Sahni, Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, 1997
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Design And Analysis Of Algorithms
7.1 INTRODUCTION Backtracking is a very useful technique used in the design of algorithms. This technique generates all possible solutions that satisfy a given set of conditions. Any such solution is an n-tuple (xi, x2,...,xn), where the values of  ...
Chandra Mohan
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Interconnection Networks: An Engineering Approach
Adaptive routing algorithms can be classified as progressive or backtracking. Progressive routing algorithms move the header forward, reserving a new channel at each routing operation. Backtracking algorithms allow the header to backtrack, ...
José Duato, Sudhakar Yalamanchili, Lionel M. Ni, 2003
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Functional Programming Languages and Computer Architecture: ...
How. to. Replace. Failure. by. a. List. of. Successes. A method for exception handling, backtracking, and pattern matching in lazy functional languages Philip Wadler Programming Research Group, Oxford University 11 Keble Road, Oxford, OXl ...
Jean-Pierre Jouannaud, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKTRACKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term backtracking is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ups and downs
UP: Former Texas governor Rick Perry on the administration's backtracking on the BDS — or boycott, divestment and sanctions movement ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Backtracking: In Our Times: Delhi golf course history teed off in 1965
A new form of recreation, which also quickly became a form of education, arrived in Delhi 50 years ago this month, with the opening of the ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
3
Backtracking: The Early Years: Trolley halted by local strike on …
FileThose hoping to take a trolley to Cooperstown for this Fourth of July event were likely disappointed as the trolley company workers staged a ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
4
Greek backtracking lifts market
NEW YORK -- Hopes that a deal could be reached between Greece and its creditors pushed stocks higher Wednesday. The Standard & Poor's ... «Northwest Arkansas News, Jul 15»
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Market report Greek backtracking lifts market
NEW YORK -- Hopes that a deal could be reached between Greece and its creditors pushed stocks higher Wednesday. The Standard & Poor's ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
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No backtracking on order: Collector
KOZHIKODE: Wayanad district collector Keshvendra Kumar said that there would be no backtracking on the order issued by him imposing ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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WWE stockholder lawsuit heats up over backtracking whistleblower
Vince McMahon needs his lawyers more than he has in two decades. - Mark A. Wallenfang/Getty Images. Did WWE "lie" to their investors over ... «Cageside Seats, Jun 15»
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Iranian minister back at nuke talks amid signs of backtracking, says …
VIENNA - Iran's chief diplomat insisted Tuesday he had a mandate to finalize a nuclear agreement despite increased signs of backtracking by ... «Comox Valley Echo, Jun 15»
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10 Things to Know for Tuesday
Officials suggest Tehran is backtracking on key points of a framework agreement that seeks to prevent the country from producing nuclear ... «Ball State Daily, Jun 15»
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Iranian negotiators 'backtracking' in nuclear talks
VIENNA (AP) - World powers and Iran prepared to move past Tuesday's deadline for a comprehensive nuclear agreement, with officials suggesting significant ... «KRIS Corpus Christi News, Jun 15»

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