R-tree

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Etymology[edit]

The R stands for rectangle.

Noun[edit]

R-tree (plural R-trees)

  1. (computing theory) A kind of tree data structure used to group objects by nearness of location, representing them by their minimum bounding rectangles in the next higher level of the tree.

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