backchain (English, verb)
expansion: backchain (third-person singular simple present backchains, present participle backchaining, simple past and past participle backchained)
Senses:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: To perform inferences, starting with a list of goals (or a hypothesis) and working backwards from the consequent to the antecedent.
Forms:
form: backchains
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: backchaining
tags: participle
present
form: backchained
tags: participle
past
form: backchained
tags: past