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Definition: Each node in a tree has a key which is greater than or equal to the key of its parent.
See also max-heap property, heap property.
Note: After LK.
Author: PEB
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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Paul E. Black, "min-heap property", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY)
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