cluster
IPA: kɫˈʌstɝ
noun
- A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
- (astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
- (chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
- (computing)
- A group of computers that work together.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
- (epidemiology) A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
- (linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”)
- (military)
- A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
- (US) In full oak leaf cluster: a small bronze or silver device shaped like a twig of oak leaves and acorns which is worn on a ribbon to indicate that the wearer has been conferred the same award or decoration before; an oakleaf.
- (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
- (phonetics) A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together.
- (statistics) In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
- A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
verb
- (transitive, chiefly passive voice)
- To collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters (noun sense 1).
- To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
- (intransitive)
- To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
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Examples of "cluster" in Sentences
- Membership of the Virgo Cluster.
- They clumped together in clusters.
- The template is for globular clusters.
- The script amazed a cluster of people.
- The fruit is a cluster of fluffy achenes.
- It is one of the brighter members of the cluster.
- Clusters of brackets supported the eaves of the roofs.
- It is one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo cluster.
- The centroids of the clusters are then taken to represent the fragment.
- Lama and are classified under the cluster of the group of the languages.
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