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topological sort

topological sort noun: an ordering of the vertices of a directed graph such that if an edge goes from vertex u to vertex v then u precedes v in the ordering.

Noun

topological sort (plural topological sorts)

  1. An ordering of the vertices of a directed graph such that if an edge goes from vertex u to vertex v then u precedes v in the ordering.

Forms of topological sort

pluraltopological sorts

Questions about topological sort

What does topological sort mean?
Topological sort means an ordering of the vertices of a directed graph such that if an edge goes from vertex u to vertex v then u precedes v in the ordering.
What part of speech is topological sort?
Topological sort is a noun.
What is the plural of topological sort?
The plural of topological sort is topological sorts.

Words near topological sort in the dictionary

  1. topological insulators
  2. topological properties
  3. topological property
  4. topological soliton
  5. topological solitons
  6. topological sort
  7. topological sorts
  8. topological space
  9. topological spaces
  10. topological vector space
  11. topological vector spaces

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