Smoothsort
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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