pruning

About 1.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
2. noun Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
3. noun A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.
4. verb present participle and gerund of prune

Similar words

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Often followed by

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