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linearithmic
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linearithmic /adj./ Of an algorithm, having running time that
is O(N log N). Coined as a portmanteau of `linear' and
`logarithmic' in "Algorithms In C" by Robert Sedgewick
(Addison-Wesley 1990, ISBN 0-201-51425-7).
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