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Cluster

Noun

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1.NounA bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
"a cluster of islands; A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.; :; :; The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.; A leukemia cluster has developed in the town.; examples of clusters would include in accordance with, so far, and the results of; The word scrub begins with a cluster of three consonants."
2.NounA group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
":; :; The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars."
3.NounAn ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
4.NounA group of computers that work together. A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
5.NounA group of computers that work together.
6.NounA logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
7.NounA group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
"A leukemia cluster has developed in the town."
8.NounSynonym 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"
9.NounA set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast. 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.
10.NounA set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
11.NounIn 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.
12.NounA secundal chord of three or more notes.
13.NounA pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
"The word scrub begins with a cluster of three consonants."
14.NounIn 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.
15.NounA number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
16.NounEuphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).
17.VerbTo collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) 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.
"The sea is clustered with islands."
18.VerbTo collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).
19.VerbTo cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
"The sea is clustered with islands."
20.VerbTo form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
"The children clustered around the puppy."
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