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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level;
- Example: "bottom-up parser"
- Example: "a bottom-up model of the reading process"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

bottom-up \bottom-up\ adj. (Computers)
   planning or building the smallest parts first; as, bottom-up
   programming. Opposite of top-down.
   [WordNet 1.5] Bottony


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bottom-up
    adj 1: of an approach to a problem that begins with details and
           works up to the highest conceptual level; "bottom-up
           parser"; "a bottom-up model of the reading process" [ant:
           top-down]