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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

backchain en · VERB

Etymology

From back + chain.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:artificial intelligence) To perform inferences, starting with a list of goals (or a hypothesis) and working backwards from the consequent to the antecedent.

Forms

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backchains Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
backchained Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
backchained Tense=Past lexicographic
backchaining Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic