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Cluster

//ˈklʌstə// noun, verb, slang

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Noun

1
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
"a cluster of islands"
2
a grouping of a number of similar things wordnet
3
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
"The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars."
4
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid. physical
5
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A group of computers that work together.
"A computer cluster is a collection of two or more computers used to execute a given problem or section. Typically, in a computer cluster, the interconnection network tying the computers together is a local area network (LAN). […] The computers in the cluster communicate among themselves and among the shared memory."

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A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
7
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
"A leukemia cluster has developed in the town."
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A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
"examples of clusters would include in accordance with, so far, and the results of"
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A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
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A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; 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. US
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A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A secundal chord of three or more notes.
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A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
"The word scrub begins with a cluster of three consonants."
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A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough 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.
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A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
"VVe lou'd him, / But like Beaſts / And Covvardly Nobles, / Gaue vvay vnto your Cluſters, vvho did hoote / Him out o' th' Citty."
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Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”). euphemistic, form-of, slang

Verb

1
To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun noun sense 1). transitive
"The consciousness of such an action will give her features a nobler life on this illustrious day, than all the jewels that can hang in her hair or can be clustered in her bosom."
2
gather or cause to gather into a cluster wordnet
3
To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters. transitive
"The sea is clustered with islands."
4
come together as in a cluster or flock wordnet
5
To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather. intransitive
"The children clustered around the puppy."

Etymology

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Middle English cluster (“bunch, cluster, spray; compact body or mass, ball”) [and other forms], from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klas-, *klus- (“to clump, lump together”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; to clench; to amass”)) + *-þrą (suffix forming nouns denoting an instrument or tool). The English word is probably a doublet of clot. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Dutch klister (“cluster”) (dialectal) * Icelandic klasi (“cluster; bunch of grapes”) * Low German Kluuster (“cluster”) * Swedish kluster (“cluster”)

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