Smoothsort

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sorting algorithm based on heapsort but using the Leonardo numbers, tending to perform better than heapsort in cases where the items to be sorted are already partially sorted. uncountable

Etymology

From smooth + sort.

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