smoothsort

noun

smoothsort

noun

Etymology From smooth + sort.

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Computing, Computing theory, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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.

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