English Explanatory Dictionary

cluster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
  2. A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
  3. An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
  4. A group of computers that work together.
  5. A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
  6. A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
  7. Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
  8. A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
  9. 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. A secundal chord of three or more notes.
  11. A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
  12. In 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.
verb
  1. To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).
  2. To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
  3. To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.

Pronunciation

klŭsˈ-tər /ˈklʌstə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cluster.wav /ˈklʌstɚ/

Word forms

cluster clusters clustering clustered no-table-tags glossary clusterest clusteredst clustereth

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English cluster (“bunch, cluster, spray; compact body or mass, ball”) [and other forms], from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klas-, *klus- (“to clump, lump together”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; to clench; to amass”)) + *-þrą (suffix forming nouns denoting an instrument or tool). The English word is probably a doublet of clot. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Dutch klister (“cluster”) (dialectal) * Icelandic klasi (“cluster; bunch of grapes”) * Low German Kluuster (“cluster”) * Swedish kluster (“cluster”)

Synonyms

galaxy cluster star cluster bundle chunk lexical bundle constellate

Derived words

Beowulf cluster bicluster Chevrel cluster cluster A personality disorder cluster-ball clusterball cluster ballooning cluster bomb cluster B personality disorder clustercentric cluster chord cluster compound clustercore cluster C personality disorder cluster development cluster F-bomb cluster feeding cluster fig cluster fly cluster-fuck cluster fuck clusterful clustergram clusterhead cluster headache clusterin clusterisation clusterization clusterize clusterless clusterlike clustermap cluster munition cluster of differentiation cluster of galaxies clusterogram clusterous cluster picking cluster pine cluster poison cluster research cluster respiration cluster set clustersome cluster state cluster variable clusterwide clusterwise cluster-wise clustery cluster zoning clustrocentric clutchable cocluster consonant cluster constraint cluster decluster dicluster flower cluster galaxy cluster

Translations

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