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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The process of taking scientific samples as a probe is moving downward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The set of subordinate units lower in the chain of command from a specified unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
The subtree of a tree structure that is determined by an attribute of a parent node.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
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History
From down- + trace.
