spaghetti sort (English, noun)
expansion: spaghetti sort (plural spaghetti sorts)
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glosses: A linear-time algorithm for sorting a sequence of items, analogous to standing a number of strands of spaghetti of different lengths upright on a surface and noting the order in which they are encountered when lowering one's hand from above.
Forms:
form: spaghetti sorts
tags: plural