betweenness

noun — 2 senses

betweenness

noun

Etymology From between + -ness.

1

The state or quality of being between.

2

Graph theory, Mathematics, Sciences A measure of the number of geodesic paths through a node or edge.

  • This is done by computing all the betweennesses of all edges and then looking for the ones with the highest values.2010, David Easley, Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World:
Derived terms
nonbetweenness

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