downtree

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/ˈdaʊn.tɹiː/

adjective

Lower in a tree data structure.

Opposite
uptree
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Meanings

adjectivedowntree (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingLower in a tree data structure.

    Antonyms: uptree

noundowntree (plural downtrees)

plural downtrees

  1. computerA subtree of a tree data structure that is immediately below (closer to the tree root) the current node.

    […] these ancestors represent down-trees that were removed.

    2006, Association for Computing Machinery, Twenty-fifth ACM SIGMOD-SIGACT-SIGART Symposium on Principles of Database Systems, page 241
    1 more example

    […] this data structure differs from the tree […] illustrated in Fig. 1, only by having downpointers replaced by downtrees.

    1985, Society for Industrial, Applied Mathematics, SIAM Journal on Computing, volume 14, page 244

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLower in a tree data structure.

Opposite
uptree

Origin

From down- + tree.

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Cite this entry
APA

downtree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtree

MLA

“downtree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtree. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downtree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtree.

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