Definitions for cluster
ˈklʌs tərclus·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. bunch, clump, cluster, clusteringverb

   a grouping of a number of similar things

   "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"

2. cluster, constellate, flock, clumpverb

   come together as in a cluster or flock

   "The poets constellate in this town every summer"

3. bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clumpverb

   gather or cause to gather into a cluster

   "She bunched her fingers into a fist"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.8 / 5 votes

1. clusternoun

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

   A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.

2. clusternoun

   A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.

   The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.

3. clusternoun

   A secundal chord of three or more notes.

4. clusternoun

   A group of consonants.

   The word "scrub" begins with a cluster of three consonants.

5. clusternoun

   A group of computers that work together.

6. clusternoun

   A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).

7. clusternoun

   A significant subset within a population.

8. clusternoun

   Set of bombs or mines.

9. clusternoun

   A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.

10. clusterverb

    To form into a cluster.

    The children clustered together around the puppy.

11. Etymology: From cluster, from cluster, clyster, from klus- + -þran, related to kluster, dialectal klister, kluster, klasi.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CLUSTERnoun

   Etymology: clyster, Sax. klister, Dutch.

   1. A bunch; a number of things of the same kind growing or joined together.

   Grapes will continue fresh and moist all winter, if you hang them cluster by cluster in the roof of a warm room. Francis Bacon.

   A swelling knot is rais’d;
   Whence, in short space, itself the cluster shows,
   And from earth’s moisture, mixt with sun-beams, grows. John Denham.

   The saline corpuscles of one liquor do variously act upon the tinging corpuscles of another, so as to make many of them associate into a cluster, whereby two transparent liquors may compose a coloured one. Isaac Newton, Opt.

   An elm was near, to whose embraces led,
   The curling vine her swelling clusters spread. Alexander Pope.

   2. A number of animals gathered together.

   As bees
   Pour forth their populous youth about the hive
   In clusters. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i. l. 771.

   There with their clasping feet together clung,
   And a long cluster from the laurel hung. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. A body of people collected: used in contempt.

   We lov’d him; but like beasts
   And coward nobles, gave way to your clusters,
   Who did hoot him out o’ th’ city. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   My friend took his station among a cluster of mob, who were making themselves merry with their betters. Addison.

2. To Clusterverb

   To collect any thing into bodies.

3. To Clusterverb

   To grow in bunches; to gather themselves into bunches, to congregate.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Forth flourish’d thick the clustering vine. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Great father Bacchus to my song repair;
   For clustering grapes are thy peculiar care. John Dryden, Virg. Geor.

   Or from the forest, falls the cluster’d snow,
   Myriads of gems, that in the waving gleam
   Gay-twinkle as they scatter. James Thomson, Winter, l. 790.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cluster

   A cluster generally refers to a group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together, often sharing common characteristics, goals or traits. It can also refer to the technique of grouping similar data or objects in various fields like data analysis, machine learning, astronomy, etc.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.7 / 3 votes

1. Clusternoun

   a number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch

2. Clusternoun

   a number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands

3. Clusternoun

   a number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob

4. Clusterverb

   to grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters

5. Clusterverb

   to collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body

6. Etymology: [AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled?.)]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cluster

   Cluster was a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and ambient music. They have recorded albums in a wide variety of styles ranging from experimental music to progressive rock, all of which had an avant-garde edge. Cluster was active from 1971 until 2010, releasing a total of 15 albums, including two collaborations with Brian Eno. Musician, writer and rock historian Julian Cope places three Cluster albums in his Krautrock Top 50 and "The Wire" places Cluster's self-titled debut album in their "One Hundred Records That Set The World On Fire". After a decade long hiatus Cluster reunited in April, 2007. They performed at the opening of documenta 12, a major exhibition of modern and contemporary art held every five years in Kassel, Germany on June 15, 2007. In late 2007 Cluster performed at concerts across Europe and played the United States in 2008 for the first time since 1996. Cluster disbanded at the end of 2010. Their final concert was on December 5 of that year. In 2011, Roedelius recruited Onnen Bock to reactivate Cluster under the name of "Qluster". After the release of their debut trilogy "Rufen - Fragen - Antworten" in the form of a piano record, a live documentary and a normal record, Qluster will release their fourth record "Lauschen" in January 2013. "Lauschen" is another live record, this time with world musician Armin Metz.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cluster

   klus′tėr, n. a number of things of the same kind growing or joined together: a bunch: a mass: a crowd.—v.i. to grow or gather into clusters.—v.t. to collect into clusters; to cover with clusters.—adjs. Clus′tered, grouped; Clus′tering, Clus′tery.—Clustered column, a pier which consists of several columns or shafts clustered together. [A.S. clyster; Low Ger. kluster; cf. Clot.]

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cluster

   Cluster is an app that lets friends and family collect each other's photos from a shared experience in an exceptionally simple way.The best experiences in life are enjoyed with other people. Since we all carry amazing cameras in our pockets these days, these experiences are usually captured by many different members of the group. Unfortunately, it's never been easy for everyone to share and exchange photos after an event - until now.Cluster makes this process effortless. After a shared experience - like a birthday party, wedding, or hang-gliding lesson - you simply open Cluster and choose a group of photos in order to create an album. Once you tag people to join the album, they launch Cluster and the app helps them find relevant photos to add.Voilà! After just a couple of taps, everyone has contributed photos that the whole group can browse or download. Now it's easier than ever to share photos after you share experiences.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cluster

   See GROUP.

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1. cluster

   Song lyrics by cluster -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by cluster on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CLUSTER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cluster is ranked #66371 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cluster surname appeared 298 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cluster.
   
   84.9% or 253 total occurrences were White.
   7.3% or 22 total occurrences were Black.
   3.6% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.6% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Form
   • Gather

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cluster' in Nouns Frequency: #2341

Anagrams for cluster »

1. custrel

2. cutlers

How to pronounce cluster?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say cluster in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cluster in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cluster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of cluster in a Sentence

1. Sophia Chan:

   There are now imported cases that found their way into the community, leading to a cluster of infections. This latest development is extremely worrying.

2. Tony Fugett:

   Studies indicate doing cluster in one area is not successful, the hope is that the units would be dispersed throughout Baltimore County.

3. William Schaffner:

   We do not test people with no symptoms because it's a resource issue, however, we are emphasizing that people who have this small cluster of important symptoms -- fever and anything related to the lower respiratory tract such as cough and difficulty breathing -- reach out to be evaluated.

4. Paul Hunter:

   This new case would appear to be linked to the cluster of cases in the French ski resort, as such, this case is part of the same cluster which is being reported as linked to a British national returning from Singapore.

5. Marcos Minicucci:

   Our research shows that the two eating behaviors are independently linked with poorer outcomes after a heart attack, but having a cluster of bad habits will only make things worse, people who work late may be particularly susceptible to having a late supper and then not being hungry in the morning, he continued, adding that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cluster
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cluster
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cluster
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cluster
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cluster
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cluster
8. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cluster
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=cluster
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html