Clustering

//ˈklʌstɚɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A grouping of a number of similar things.
  2. 2
    a grouping of a number of similar things wordnet
  3. 3
    The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
  4. 4
    The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
  5. 5
    A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cluster form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Forming a cluster. not-comparable

    "I prithee let me bring thee where crabs grow, and I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts, Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how To snare the nimble marmoset. I'll bring thee To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get thee Young scamels from the rock. Wilt thou go with me?"

Synonyms

All synonyms
adherenceagglomerationagglutinationaggregationarticulationbond

Example

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"Ortygia's port we leave, and skim the mere; / soon Naxos' Bacchanalian hills appear, / and past Olearos and Donysa, crowned / with trees, and Paros' snowy cliffs we steer. / Far-scattered shine the Cyclades renowned, / and clustering isles thick-sown in many a glittering sound."

Related phrases

Brown clusteringclustering coefficientclustering illusionclustering keyk-means clusteringvolatility clusteringhash tablemind map

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