BOTTOM-UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level

Example:

a bottom-up model of the reading process

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

top-down (of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details)

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