English Explanatory Dictionary

small-world phenomenon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phenomenon that human society resembles a small-world network with short path lengths, i.e. any two human beings tend to be linked through a small chain of friends of friends.

Word forms

small-world phenomenon small-world phenomena
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