mergesorting

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A form of mergesort — A divide and conquer sorting algorithm that operates by dividing the items to be sorted into many small lists and gradually merging them together.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mergesort
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Chicago

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