small-world network

== English == === Noun === small-world network (plural small-world networks) (mathematics) A kind of graph in which most nodes are not neighbors but most can be reached from every other by a small number of steps, i.e. the typical distance between two randomly chosen nodes grows proportionally to the logarithm of the number of nodes in the network. ==== Related terms ==== it's a small world small-worldness small-world phenomenon