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small-world phenomenon
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Japanese Meaning
人間社会が、小世界（スモールワールド）ネットワークのように、短いパス（経路）で互いに繋がっていると考えられる現象です。つまり、どの2人もわずかな友人関係の連鎖（友人の友人など）で結ばれているという現象を指します。
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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.
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small-world phenomenon
Researchers studying social networks often cite the small-world phenomenon to explain why distant acquaintances can be connected by only a few intermediary friends.
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Researchers studying social networks often cite the small-world phenomenon to explain why distant acquaintances can be connected by only a few intermediary friends.
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