small-world phenomenon

noun

Definitions

  1. The phenomenon that human society resembles a small-world network with short path…

    The phenomenon that human society resembles a small-world network with short path lengths, i.e. any two human beings tend to be linked through a small chain of friends of friends.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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