search tree

noun

A tree (data structure) set up to facilitate searching.

“The red-black tree is a balanced binary search tree that has quite fast insert and delete operations and is always sorted.”

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Meanings

nounsearch tree (plural search trees)

plural search trees

  1. computerA tree (data structure) set up to facilitate searching.

    The red-black tree is a balanced binary search tree that has quite fast insert and delete operations and is always sorted.

Translations

Czech vyhledávací strom
  • vyhledávací stromtree data structure
Finnish hakupuu
  • hakupuutree data structure
German Suchbaum
  • Suchbaumtree data structure
Spanish árbol de búsqueda
  • árbol de búsquedatree data structure
Cite this entry
APA

search tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20tree

MLA

“search tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20tree. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “search tree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20tree.

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