clique
IPA: kɫˈik
noun
- A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
- (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
- (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
verb
- (intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
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Examples of "clique" in Sentences
- The clique was dissolved during the Northern Expedition.
- She is currently starring in the movie series The Clique.
- It works by the authoritarian command of a clique of users.
- Everyone must learn the attrocities of the adminship clique.
- He later became the leader of the New Communications Clique.
- The clique complex of the graph is then homeomorphic to the surface.
- He was a member of the Xinjiang clique during the Republic of China.
- The lack of literati within the clique was the root cause of their doom.
- David, why will removing the vertices in the clique disconnect the graph
- The lack of literati within the clique was the root cause of their failure.