English Explanatory Dictionary

backchain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To perform inferences, starting with a list of goals (or a hypothesis) and working backwards from the consequent to the antecedent.

Word forms

backchain backchains backchaining backchained

Etymology

From back + chain.

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