deconflict
verbUK /diːkənˈflɪkt/
Etymology From de- + conflict.
Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, War To change the flight path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of an accidental collision or conflict with other obstacles, the terrain or weather.
Government, Military, Politics, War To provide information to a military force in order to prevent escalation of a conflict.
Computer, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Science, Sciences To resolve contradictory conclusions or responses to queries in a rule-based or deductive reasoning system.
To alter (something) to avoid conflicting with something else.
- We need to deconflict our schedules to find a time when we can all meet.
- Derived terms
- deconfliction