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trie en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɹaɪ̯/ (General-American)
  • /ˈtɹiː/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈtɹi.eɪ̯/ (General-American)

Etymology

From retrieval.

Meanings

  1. An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tries Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

subtrie

Synonyms

prefix tree

Translations (4)

fi alkuosapuu (data structure) · de Trie (data structure) · de Präfixbaum (data structure) · fi trie (data structure)

trie en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of try.
    alt of try
    • If anie do dislike the superstitious & needles cærimonies in ordination & yet also acknowledg that the Byshops may call, authorise, trie, confirme, & warrant by testimonie the sufficiencie of ministers / what greuous synne is it. 1588?, Robert Browne, “A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons & Their Doctrine Touching the Hearing & Preaching of the Word of God” in Cartwrightiana, ed. Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson (1951, published for the Sir Halley Stewart Trust by Allen and Unwin), page 228