What does cluster mean?

Definitions for cluster
ˈklʌs tərclus·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  1. CLUSTERnoun

    Etymology: clyster, Sax. klister, Dutch.

    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.

    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.

    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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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?.)]

Wikidata

  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 Dictionary

  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.]

CrunchBase

  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 Terms

  1. cluster

    See GROUP.

Suggested Resources

  1. cluster

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  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.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

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

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Anagrams for cluster »

  1. custrel

  2. cutlers

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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. Rosamund Lewis:

    What we're seeing now began as a small cluster of cases, and then the investigation rapidly led to discovery of infections in a group of men who have sex with men ... and so we don't yet know what the source of the actual outbreak is, what's most important now is not to stigmatize.

  2. William Finley:

    We just realized it was all a complete cluster and nothing was ready, there was no organization, there was no leadership.

  3. Daniel Webster:

    Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.

  4. The Celtics:

    Never really in it, i guess we got back in it in the third quarter and then we had a cluster of errors there that led to transition points and kind of got us back out of it.

  5. Peter Daszak:

    I was really impressed with the detective work he's put in. Everything he says about the Dec 8th case fits with what we experienced in Wuhan on the WHO trip -- there were a cluster of early cases coming into hospitals in late December and clinicians worked back to the presumed date of onset.

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Translations for cluster

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  • عنقود نجمي, عنقودArabic
  • китка, грозд, кичур, трупам се, ройBulgarian
  • shluk, kupaCzech
  • klynge, flokkes, serie, klase, sværmDanish
  • Traube, Schwarm, Sternhaufen, Akkord, Gruppe, Cluster, Anhäufung, Haufen, BüschelGerman
  • agrupación, amontonar, cúmulo, acorde, agrupamiento, aglomerar, grupo, racimo, agruparse, amontonamientoSpanish
  • كلاسترPersian
  • terttu, kerääntyä, ryhmä, kasvaa tertussa, monisointu, sointu, rykelmä, ryväs, konsonanttiklusteri, klusteri, kimppu, parvi, ryhmittyä, rypäle, galaksijoukkoFinnish
  • grappe, groupeFrench
  • braisle, braislighIrish
  • समूहHindi
  • բույլ, ողկույզArmenian
  • gugusIndonesian
  • grappolo, gruppoItalian
  • א� שׁכּוֹלHebrew
  • クラスタJapanese
  • 클러스터Korean
  • هێشوو, ده‌سته‌Kurdish
  • klyngeNorwegian
  • gromada, zbitka, klasterPolish
  • aglomeração, agrupamento, encontro consonantal, cluster, aglomerar, aglomerado, conjuntoPortuguese
  • grupRomanian
  • рой, скопление, пучок, кисть, кластер, гроздьRussian
  • klusterSwedish
  • கொத்துTamil
  • กลุ่มThai
  • cụmVietnamese
  • Chinese

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