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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

octree

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables
oc-tree
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to eight children, most often used to partition a three-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.

Etymology

Etymology tree English oct- Proto-Indo-European *drew- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *trewą Proto-West Germanic *treu Old English trēow Middle English tre English tree English octree From oct- + tree.

Inflected Forms

octrees (plural)

Phrases

binary tree

Frequently Paired Words

binary tree quadtree

Questions

What does octree mean?
A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to eight children, most often used to partition a three-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.
Where does octree come from?
Etymology tree English oct- Proto-Indo-European *drew- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *trewą Proto-West Germanic *treu Old English trēow Middle English tre English tree English octree From oct- + tree.

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