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🗂️ To change root node 🌱 To grow new roots
to reroot

to reroot

8.2
Change which item is the top of a data tree so parent and child links change
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈruːt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cambiar la raíz
  • You can reroot the data structure to make certain operations more efficient.

Examples

  • The algorithm must reroot the tree to optimize search times.

  • Can you explain how to reroot this tree structure?

  • After several changes, the developer decided to reroot the hierarchy at a different node.

  • They rerooted the database to improve performance.

  • To improve data retrieval, the programmers decided to reroot the tree at the main node.

  • The team needed to reroot the hierarchy to reflect the new organizational structure.

  • You should reroot the data model to enhance its efficiency for various queries.

Synonyms

to rebase
vsto reroot
  • Specialized
1 7.6

To change the point used as a base, for example updating a code branch to the latest version

changes parent child relationships to make a different node the top of a tree

Antonyms

to unroot
5.9

Pull something completely out of the ground by its roots

How Reorganized

to rebuild
485 2.8
to reroot
  • Specialized
8.2
to modify
268 3.2

Surface Forms

reroot infinitive
rerooted past
rerooted past participle
rerooting present participle
reroots third person singular

Morphology

reroot = root (transparent) = re + root

In the technical tree or hierarchy sense, the verb means to assign or establish a root again from a different point.

Etymology

The word reroot comes from re- 'again' and root 'the base or main part', the same 'root' you think of in a plant or a family tree, so to reroot a tree or data structure is to 'move the base' to a new node and change how the parts connect.