pruning

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Noun

pruning (countable and uncountable; plural prunings)

1. A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
2. (countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
3. (computer science) A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.

Derived terms

• alpha-beta pruning

Translations

action of pruning

• Czech: prořezávání (cs) n
• Greek: κλάδεμα (el) (kládema) n
• Norwegian: kvisting (no) m

• Russian: прореживание (ru) (proréživanije) n
• Spanish: poda (es) f

method of enumeration

• Czech: prořezávání (cs) n

Verb

pruning

1. Present participle of prune.