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clus·ter
(klŭs′tər)n.
1. A group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely together; a bunch: "She held out her hand, a small tight cluster of fingers" (Anne Tyler).
2. Linguistics Two or more successive consonants in a word, as cl and st in the word cluster.
3. A group of academic courses in a related area.
v. clus·tered, clus·ter·ing, clus·ters
v.intr.
To gather or grow into bunches.
v.tr.
To cause to grow or form into bunches.
[Middle English, from Old English clyster.]
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cluster
(ˈklʌstə)n
1. a number of things growing, fastened, or occurring close together
2. a number of persons or things grouped together
3. (Military) military US a metal insignia worn on a medal ribbon to indicate a second award or a higher class of a decoration or order
4. (Military) military
a. a group of bombs dropped in one stick, esp fragmentation and incendiary bombs
b. the basic unit of mines used in laying a minefield
5. (Astronomy) astronomy an aggregation of stars or galaxies moving together through space
6. (Phonetics & Phonology) a group of two or more consecutive vowels or consonants
7. (Statistics) statistics a naturally occurring subgroup of a population used in stratified sampling
8. (Chemistry) chem
a. a chemical compound or molecule containing groups of metal atoms joined by metal-to-metal bonds
b. the group of linked metal atoms present
vb
to gather or be gathered in clusters
[Old English clyster; related to Low German Kluster; see clod, clot]
ˈclustered adj
ˈclusteringly adv
ˈclustery adj
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clus•ter
(ˈklʌs tər)n.
1. a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch.
2. a group of persons or things close together.
3. a small metal embellishment affixed to a military decoration to indicate its having been awarded again.
4. a succession of two or more contiguous consonant sounds within a syllable, as str- in strap.
5. a group of stars, similar in age and composition, held together by gravitation.
6. a group of classes or subjects administered or taught together.
v.t. 7. to gather into a cluster.
8. to furnish with clusters.
v.i. 9. to form a cluster.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English cluster, clyster bunch]
clus′ter•y, adj.
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cluster
1. Fireworks signal in which a group of stars burns at the same time.
2. Group of bombs released together. A cluster usually consists of fragmentation or incendiary bombs.
3. Two or more parachutes for dropping light or heavy loads.
4. In land mine warfare, a component of a pattern-laid minefield. It may be antitank, antipersonnel or mixed. It consists of one to five mines and no more than one antitank mine.
5. Two or more engines coupled together so as to function as one power unit.
6. In naval mine warfare, a number of mines laid in close proximity to each other as a pattern or coherent unit. They may be of mixed types.
7. In minehunting, designates a group of mine-like contacts.
2. Group of bombs released together. A cluster usually consists of fragmentation or incendiary bombs.
3. Two or more parachutes for dropping light or heavy loads.
4. In land mine warfare, a component of a pattern-laid minefield. It may be antitank, antipersonnel or mixed. It consists of one to five mines and no more than one antitank mine.
5. Two or more engines coupled together so as to function as one power unit.
6. In naval mine warfare, a number of mines laid in close proximity to each other as a pattern or coherent unit. They may be of mixed types.
7. In minehunting, designates a group of mine-like contacts.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Cluster
a number of like things growing together; a number of similar things collected together; a rounded mass; a clot or clutter; a body of people collected together; a crowd; group. See also bunch, crowd.Examples: cluster of apples, 1400; of bees, 1609; of blood, 1548; of churches; of churls, 1486; of curls, 1798; of crystals; of eggs, 1555; of rich parasitic fancies, 1856; of feelings, 1855; of grapes, 1486; of houses; of icebergs, 1860; of ideas, 1768; of islands, 1697; of jewels, 1712; of knots, 1486; of civil law, 1607; of memories, 1884; of nuts, 1483; of pines, 1797; of spiders; of stars, 1854; of towers, 1400; of woes, 1742.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
cluster
Past participle: clustered
Gerund: clustering
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| Noun | 1. |  cluster - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass knot - a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest" swad - a bunch; "a thick swad of plants" |
| Verb | 1. | cluster - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" huddle, huddle together - crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" bunch, bunch together, bunch up - form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom" foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" |
| 2. | cluster - gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist" form - assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads" agglomerate - form into one cluster |
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cluster
noun
1. gathering, group, collection, bunch, knot, clump, assemblage A cluster of men blocked the doorway.
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
cluster
nounverb
1. To come together:
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Translations
تَعَنْقَدَ، تَجَمَّعَعُنْقود، مَجْموعَه
shlukchomáčhromadaseskupit se
gruppeklyngeseriestimle sammen
galaksijoukkoklusteriryväs
fürt
òyrpastòyrping; klasi
burtisgrupėkuokštasspiestis
ķekarspulcētiespulciņš
zhluk
cluster
[ˈklʌstəʳ]A. N [of trees, houses, people, stars] → grupo m; [of flowers] → macizo m; [of plants] → mata f; [of fruit] → racimo m
B. VI [people, things] → agruparse, apiñarse; [plants] → arracimarse
to cluster round sb/sth → apiñarse en torno a algn/algo
to cluster round sb/sth → apiñarse en torno a algn/algo
C. CPD cluster bomb N → bomba f de dispersión, bomba f de racimo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cluster
[ˈklʌstər] n [people, objects] → (petit) groupe m
vi [people, objects] → se rassembler
to cluster together → se grouper
to cluster around sth → se rassembler autour de qchcluster bomb n → bombe f à fragmentation
to cluster together → se grouper
to cluster around sth → se rassembler autour de qchcluster bomb n → bombe f à fragmentation
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cluster
n (of trees, flowers, houses) → Gruppe f, → Haufen m; (of islands) → Gruppe f; (of diamonds) → Büschel nt; (of bees, people, grapes) → Traube f; (of diamonds) → Büschel nt; (Phon) → Häufung f; (Comput) → Zuordnungseinheit f; the flowers grow in a cluster at the top of the stem → die Blumen sitzen or wachsen doldenförmig am Stängel; (of roses etc) → mehrere Blüten wachsen am gleichen Stiel
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cluster
(ˈklastə) noun a closely-packed group (of people or things). a cluster of berries; They stood in a cluster.
verb (often with round) to group together in clusters. They clustered round the door.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
clus·ter
n. racimo, grupo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
cluster
n agrupación f; a cluster of cases of hepatitis B..una agrupación de casos de hepatitis BEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.