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smoothsort

The English word “smoothsort” has 1 meaning listed here.

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.

Etymology

From smooth + sort.

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