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selection sorts

selection sorts is the plural of selection sort.

Meaning of selection sort

Noun

selection sort (plural selection sorts)

  1. A sorting algorithm that divides the input list into two sublists — items already sorted, and items not yet sorted — and gradually transfers elements from one list to the other.

Questions about selection sorts

What is selection sorts the plural of?
Selection sorts is the plural of selection sort.

Words near selection sorts in the dictionary

  1. Selection Monday
  2. Selection Mondays
  3. selection rule
  4. selection rules
  5. selection sort
  6. selection sorts
  7. Selection Sunday
  8. Selection Sundays
  9. selectional
  10. selectionally
  11. selectionism

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