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multisweep

multisweep adjective: involving more than one sweep.

Adjective

multisweep (not comparable)

  1. Involving more than one sweep.
    • As main ingredient we introduce a new algorithm, named Similarity-First-Search (SFS), which extends Lexicographic Breadth-First Search (Lex-BFS) to weighted graphs and which we use in a multisweep algorithm to recognize Robinsonian matrices.2016, Monique Laurent, Matteo Seminaroti, “Similarity-First Search: a new algorithm with application to Robinsonian matrix recognition”, in arXiv

Origin of multisweep

From multi- + sweep.

Questions about multisweep

What does multisweep mean?
Multisweep means involving more than one sweep.
What part of speech is multisweep?
Multisweep is an adjective.

Words near multisweep in the dictionary

  1. multisusceptible
  2. multisuspect
  3. multisutural
  4. multisuture
  5. multiswarm
  6. multisweep
  7. multisyllabic
  8. multisyllabically
  9. multisyllabicity
  10. multisyllable
  11. multisyllables

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