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quickselect

quickselect noun: a sorting algorithm related to quicksort, but with limited recursion.

Noun

quickselect (uncountable)

  1. A sorting algorithm related to quicksort, but with limited recursion.

Origin of quickselect

From quick + select.

Questions about quickselect

What does quickselect mean?
Quickselect means a sorting algorithm related to quicksort, but with limited recursion.
What part of speech is quickselect?
Quickselect is a noun.

Words near quickselect in the dictionary

  1. quicksaving
  2. quickscope
  3. quickscoped
  4. quickscopes
  5. quickscoping
  6. quickselect
  7. quickset
  8. quicksets
  9. quicksetting
  10. quickshaw
  11. quickshaws

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