cluster

UK /ˈklʌstə/ US /ˈklʌstɚ/
noun 5verb 3

Definitions

noun

1

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

a cluster of islands

A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.

2

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.

My fellow biotic: You have been selected to receive this transmission because of our shared plight. Few understand us, fewer tolerate us. We must stand together. We must build our own new world. Come. Join us in the Hawking Eta cluster. Only as one body can we right the wrongs done to our kind.

3

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

4

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

A computer cluster is a collection of two or more computers used to execute a given problem or section. Typically, in a computer cluster, the interconnection network tying the computers together is a local area network (LAN). […] The computers in the cluster communicate among themselves and among the shared memory.

5

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

verb

1

To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun noun sense 1).

The consciousness of such an action will give her features a nobler life on this illustrious day, than all the jewels that can hang in her hair or can be clustered in her bosom.

Not less the bee would range her cells, / The furzy prickle fire the dells, / The foxglove cluster dappled bells.

2

To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.

The sea is clustered with islands.

3

To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.

The children clustered around the puppy.

[T]he fruite cluſtereth togyther lyke to ſmal grapes, which in the beginning is greene, and afterwarde when it is ripe, al blacke.

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