multipartite graph
A graph with three or more kinds of node, where relationships only ever join nodes of different kinds.
Also written: multipartite graphs, multipartite
Learn more in Projecting bipartite and multipartite graphs
Example
Customers, products and categories make three kinds of node. Every [:BOUGHT] relationship runs from a (:Customer) to a (:Product), and every [:IN_CATEGORY] relationship from a (:Product) to a (:Category).
Adding a (:Product)-[:SIMILAR_TO]->(:Product) relationship would join two nodes of the same kind. The graph would no longer be multipartite.
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