English Explanatory Dictionary

clustering

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A grouping of a number of similar things.
  2. The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
  3. The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
  4. 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.
adj
  1. Forming a cluster.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of cluster

Pronunciation

/ˈklʌstɚɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clustering.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-clustering.wav

Word forms

clustering clusterings

Related words

mind map

Derived words

autoclustering biclustering Brown clustering clustering key clusteringly coclustering k-means clustering macroclustering metaclustering microclustering misclustering nanoclustering overclustering preclustering subclustering superclustering triclustering underclustering volatility clustering clustering coefficient clustering illusion declustering

Translations

Spanish: agrupamiento
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