Clusterful
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A quantity that forms a cluster.
"Windows will never write less than one clusterful of data onto a cluster; if it only needs to write half of it, it will mark the end of where that file ends (the "end of file" mark) and fill the rest of the cluster with whatever data happens to be floating about in portions of the computer's electronic memory [a.k.a. random access memory (RAM)]."
- 1 Having phonological rules that allow consonant clusters.
"We know from Linear B how awkward a syllabary is for a clusterful language — consonants are omitted, or otiose vowels intrude in the spelling -—— so a segmental orthography would be quite advantageous."
Example
More examples"Windows will never write less than one clusterful of data onto a cluster; if it only needs to write half of it, it will mark the end of where that file ends (the "end of file" mark) and fill the rest of the cluster with whatever data happens to be floating about in portions of the computer's electronic memory [a.k.a. random access memory (RAM)]."
Etymology
From cluster + -ful.
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