Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely together; a bunch.
- noun Linguistics Two or more successive consonants in a word, as cl and st in the word cluster.
- noun A group of academic courses in a related area.
- intransitive verb To gather or grow into bunches.
- intransitive verb To cause to grow or form into bunches.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A number of things, as fruits, growing naturally together; a bunch, particularly ot grapes or other fruit growing similarly.
- noun A number of persons or things of any kind collected or gathered into a close body; a nearly conjoined group or collection: as, a cluster of islands.
- To form or constitute a cluster or clusters; grow or be placed in clusters or groups; gather in a group or groups.
- To collect into a cluster or group.
- To produce in a cluster or clusters.
- To cover with clusters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.
- noun A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group.
- noun A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
- intransitive verb To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
- transitive verb To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
- transitive verb (Arch.) a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
group orbunch of several discrete items that areclose to each other. - noun astronomy A group of
galaxies orstars that appear near each other. - noun music A secundal
chord of three or morenotes . - noun phonetics A group of
consonants . - noun computing A group of
computers that work together. - noun computing A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical
sectors (seeblock ). - noun statistics A significant
subset within apopulation . - noun military Set of
bombs ormines . - noun army A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.
- verb intransitive To form into a cluster.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb gather or cause to gather into a cluster
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
- verb come together as in a cluster or flock
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Typically the collection of nodes maybe known as a cluster (though the term cluster is often misused)
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For some people, parallel computing and the need for a cluster is a way of life.
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There are words or terms for such a thing already: chaos, anarchy or something else that begins with the word "cluster" and ends in an expletive that I can't really say in writing.
Pastor Neil Christopher: Can Christians Truly Be Inclusive? Pastor Neil Christopher 2011
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There are words or terms for such a thing already: chaos, anarchy or something else that begins with the word "cluster" and ends in an expletive that I can't really say in writing.
Pastor Neil Christopher: Can Christians Truly Be Inclusive? Pastor Neil Christopher 2011
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For some people, parallel computing and the need for a cluster is a way of life.
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This cluster is the fourth largest, with 16.4 million people in 105 groups.
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And that's not to scare people, but what might happen is if people start to what we call cluster a few days from now with some sort of respiratory illness or some sort of rash, you might have a sense then that a bioterror weapon of some sort was released.
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Divers, however, did locate what they describe as a cluster of vehicles under water, and recovery efforts today are expected to go slowly.
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Undoubtedly each of these small stars that form the cluster is a great sun.
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The FIRE cluster is dead in Seattle (Russell isn't enough) with the death of WAMU, Safeco, and others.
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bilby commented on the word cluster
"Sweetheart, I need to find you here. I do believe that our love will bloom always fairer, fresher, more gracious, because it is a true love, and because genuine love is ever increasing. It is a beautiful plant growing from year to year in the heart, ever extending its palms and branches, doubling every season its glorious clusters and perfumes; and, my dear life, tell me, repeat to me always, that nothing bruise its bark or its delicate leaves, that it will grow larger in both our hearts, loves, free, watched over, like a life within our life..."
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