"quadtree" meaning in English

See quadtree in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: quadtrees [plural]
Etymology: From quad- + tree, coined by Raphael Finkel and J. L. Bentley in 1974. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|quad|tree}} quad- + tree Head templates: {{en-noun}} quadtree (plural quadtrees)
  1. A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to four children, most often used to partition a two-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it. Wikipedia link: Jon Bentley (computer scientist), Raphael Finkel Related terms: binary tree, octree Translations (treelike data structure): nelipuu (Finnish), Quadtree [masculine] (German), Quaternärbaum [masculine] (German)

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