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pancake sorting

pancake sorting noun: the mathematical problem of sorting a disordered stack of pancakes in order of size when a spatula can be inserted at any point in the stack and used to flip all pancakes above it.

Noun

pancake sorting (uncountable)

  1. The mathematical problem of sorting a disordered stack of pancakes in order of size when a spatula can be inserted at any point in the stack and used to flip all pancakes above it.

Questions about pancake sorting

What does pancake sorting mean?
Pancake sorting means the mathematical problem of sorting a disordered stack of pancakes in order of size when a spatula can be inserted at any point in the stack and used to flip all pancakes above it.
What part of speech is pancake sorting?
Pancake sorting is a noun.

Words near pancake sorting in the dictionary

  1. pancake lenses
  2. pancake number
  3. pancake numbers
  4. pancake slug
  5. pancake slugs
  6. pancake sorting
  7. pancake syndrome
  8. pancake syrup
  9. pancake syrups
  10. pancake theorem
  11. pancake tortoise

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