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disassortative

disassortative adjective: describing a graph (or network) in which nodes of low degree are more likely to connect with nodes of a high degree.

Adjective

disassortative (comparative more disassortative, superlative most disassortative)

  1. Describing a graph (or network) in which nodes of low degree are more likely to connect with nodes of a high degree
  2. Not assortative

Forms of disassortative

comparativemore disassortative
superlativemost disassortative

Origin of disassortative

From dis- + assortative.

Words formed from disassortative

Questions about disassortative

What does disassortative mean?
Disassortative means describing a graph (or network) in which nodes of low degree are more likely to connect with nodes of a high degree.
What part of speech is disassortative?
Disassortative is an adjective.

Words near disassortative in the dictionary

  1. disassociation
  2. disassociations
  3. disassociative
  4. disassociator
  5. disassociators
  6. disassortative
  7. disassortatively
  8. disassortativeness
  9. disassortativity
  10. disassortive
  11. disaster

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