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small-worldness

small-worldness noun: the property of being a small-world network.

Noun

small-worldness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being a small-world network.
    • A paper by Watts and his thesis advisor Steve Strogatz, largely free of mathematics, set ablaze huge interest in the phenomenon of small-worldness with its architectural fingerprints being found in diverse fields as ecosystems, natural language and the World Wide Web.2009, Mihaela Ulieru, Peter Palensky, René Doursat, IT Revolution: First International ICST Conference, page 92
    • Topologically, functional brain networks had reduced clustering and small-worldness, reduced probability of high-degree hubs, and increased robustness in the schizophrenic group.2012, Issues in Neuroscience Research and Application: 2011 Edition, page 2353

Origin of small-worldness

From small-world + -ness.

Questions about small-worldness

What does small-worldness mean?
Small-worldness means the property of being a small-world network.
What part of speech is small-worldness?
Small-worldness is a noun.

Words near small-worldness in the dictionary

  1. small-towny
  2. small-world network
  3. small-world networks
  4. small-world phenomena
  5. small-world phenomenon
  6. small-worldness
  7. smallage
  8. smallball
  9. Smallbone
  10. Smallbones
  11. smallbore

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