nonbetweenness

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noun

The condition of not being between two other objects (in position or value)

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Meanings

nounnonbetweenness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemathematicsThe condition of not being between two other objects (in position or value)

    The nonbetweenness function nbet(n) is the minimum number of total orderings such that for any three distinct objects a, b and c, there is an ordering in which b is not between a and c.

    2016, Ross Atkins, “Betweenness and Nonbetweenness”, in arXiv

Origin

From non- + betweenness.

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