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mergesort

noun

Etymology

From merge + sort.

  1. derived from sortem
  2. derived from sorte
  3. inherited from sort
  4. compounded as mergesort — “merge + sort”

Definitions

  1. A divide and conquer sorting algorithm that operates by dividing the items to be sorted…

    A divide and conquer sorting algorithm that operates by dividing the items to be sorted into many small lists and gradually merging them together.

  2. To sort with such an algorithm.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mergesort. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA