CLUSTERING

bunch, clump, cluster, clustering

(noun) a grouping of a number of similar things; “a bunch of trees”; “a cluster of admirers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

clustering

present participle of cluster

Noun

clustering (plural clusterings)

The action of the verb to cluster.

A grouping of a number of similar things.

(demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.

(computing) The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.

(writing) 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.

Adjective

clustering (not comparable)

Forming a cluster.

Anagrams

• lecturings

Source: Wiktionary

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CLUSTER

Clus"ter, n. Etym: [AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled.)]

1. A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch. Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. Spenser.

2. A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. "Cluster of provinces." Motley.

3. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob. As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters. Milton. We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city. Shak.

Clus"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clustering.]

Definition: To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters. His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. Tennyson. The princes of the country clustering together. Foxe.

Clus"ter, v. t.

Definition: To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body. Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove cluster dappled bells. Tennyson. Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. Thomson. Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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