"deconflict" meaning in English

See deconflict in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /diːkənˈflɪkt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-deconflict.wav [US] Forms: deconflicts [present, singular, third-person], deconflicting [participle, present], deconflicted [participle, past], deconflicted [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English conflict English deconflict From de- + conflict. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|de-|conflict|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English conflict English deconflict [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "of", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*de", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₁", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*déh₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "de-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "conflict", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "deconflict", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="deconflict"> From de- + conflict. Head templates: {{en-verb}} deconflict (third-person singular simple present deconflicts, present participle deconflicting, simple past and past participle deconflicted)
  1. (military, aviation) To change the flight path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of an accidental collision or conflict with other obstacles, the terrain or weather.
    Sense id: en-deconflict-en-verb--Scf4i~B Categories (other): Aviation, Military Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  2. (military) To provide information to a military force in order to prevent escalation of a conflict.
    Sense id: en-deconflict-en-verb-TE3JD0jn Categories (other): Military, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 21 46 23 9 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 21 42 24 13 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 21 42 24 13 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 44 26 4 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 25 37 21 18 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 23 44 23 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 54 21 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 52 23 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 22 38 24 15 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (computer science) To resolve contradictory conclusions or responses to queries in a rule-based or deductive reasoning system.
    Sense id: en-deconflict-en-verb-sUyqsg-1 Categories (other): Computer science Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
  4. To alter (something) to avoid conflicting with something else.
    Sense id: en-deconflict-en-verb-mnd5mx4a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deconfliction

Inflected forms

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