Clique

noun

/kliːk/

Word Frequency: 1.3

Definitions

1.nounA small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

"This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques."

2.nounA subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

"The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete."

3.nounA group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.

4.verbTo associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

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