Downtrace
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The process of taking scientific samples as a probe is moving downward.
"That the results are fairly accurate is shown by the uptrace and the downtrace being very similar. Still, when two instruments have been attached to the same balloon, the results are not absolutely in accord, either as regards temperature or pressure."
- 2 The set of subordinate units lower in the chain of command from a specified unit.
"Shouldn't each CAPSTONE general officer command (GOCOM) be made a miniArmy Reserve command (ARCOM), with direct responsibility for training its USAR and active component downtrace (contingency chain of command)?"
- 3 The subtree of a tree structure that is determined by an attribute of a parent node.
"B2 processing occurs when the subtree is in the downtrace of an attribute in X."
Example
More examples"That the results are fairly accurate is shown by the uptrace and the downtrace being very similar. Still, when two instruments have been attached to the same balloon, the results are not absolutely in accord, either as regards temperature or pressure."
Etymology
From down- + trace.
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