cluster
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each otherA bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
» I have difficulty pronouncing consonant clusters.
Meaning
13 sensesA 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.
A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.
Cluster, Schwarm, Sternhaufen
скопле́ниеskoplénije
(physical)An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
A group of computers that work together.
Cluster, Computercluster, Rechnerverbund
кла́стерkláster
A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
Cluster, Zuordnungseinheit
кла́стерkláster
A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
A leukemia cluster has developed in the town.
Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
examples of clusters would include in accordance with, so far, and the results of
A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
Schwarm, Traube
кассе́таkasséta
(US)In full oak leaf cluster: a small bronze or silver device shaped like a twig of oak leaves and acorns which is worn on a ribbon to indicate that the wearer has been conferred the same award or decoration before; an oakleaf.
A secundal chord of three or more notes.
Cluster
A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
The word scrub begins with a cluster of three consonants.
Gruppe, Haufen
кла́стерkláster, стече́ниеstečénije
In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
Gruppe, Haufen
гру́ппаgrúppa
- a grouping of a number of similar things
Examples
33 sentencesI have difficulty pronouncing consonant clusters.
A cluster of sores decorated the skin.
Leonid saw something moving behind the bamboo clusters.
Grapes grow in thick clusters that are easy to pick.
The cluster of cells continued to grow in the laboratory.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 6
By meaning 5
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English cluster (“bunch, cluster, spray; compact body or mThe noun is derived from Middle English cluster (“bunch, cluster, spray; compact body or mass, ball”) [and other forms], from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klas-, *klus- (“to clump, lump together”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; to clench; to amass”)) + *-þrą (suffix forming nouns denoting an instrument or tool). The English word is probably a doublet of clot.
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Forms
plural: clustersSynonyms
8 synonyms- a grouping of a number of similar things:bunchclumpclustering