betweenness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English between Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English betweenness From between + -ness.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being between.
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(countable) A measure of the number of geodesic paths through a node or edge.
This is done by computing all the betweennesses of all edges and then looking for the ones with the highest values.
2010, David Easley, Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| betweennesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |