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sibling

(definition)

Definition: A node in a tree that has the same parent as another node is its sibling.

Author: PEB


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Entry modified 3 December 2007.
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Paul E. Black, "sibling", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 3 December 2007. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/sibling.html