small-world network

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|mathematics}} A kind of [[graph]] in which most [[node]]s are not [[neighbor]]s but most can be reached from every other by a small number of [[step]]s, i.e. the typical distance between two randomly chosen nodes grows [[proportional]]ly to the [[logarithm]] of the number of nodes in the network.

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