clus·ter (kl s t r)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.] |
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) US Military 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. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a group of two or more consecutive vowels or consonants
7. (Mathematics & Measurements / 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]
clustered adj
clusteringly adv
clustery adj
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.
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 |
cluster
noun
gathering, group, collection, bunch, knot, clump, assemblage A cluster of men blocked the doorway.
Translations
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
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 qch
cluster bomb n → bombe f à fragmentation
to cluster together → se grouper
to cluster around sth → se rassembler autour de qch
cluster bomb n → bombe f à fragmentation
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
cluster [ˈklʌstəʳ]
cluster [ˈklʌstəʳ]
2. vi (people, things) to cluster (round sb/sth) → raggrupparsi (intorno a qn/qc)
cluster [ˈklʌstəʳ]
2. vi (people, things) to cluster (round sb/sth) → raggrupparsi (intorno a qn/qc)
n cluster [ˈklastə]
a closely-packed group (of people or things) a cluster of berries; They stood in a cluster. hoop, groepie عُنْقود، مَجْموعَه чепка chomáč, hromada; shluk klynge; gruppe die Traube ορμαθός, τσαμπί grupo, racimo kobar دسته؛ کپه rykelmä groupe אֶשכּוֹל, קְבוּצָה गुच्छा skupina, grupa csoport; fürt kelompok þyrping; klasi gruppo; grappolo ふさ, 群れ 무리 grupė, kekė, kuokštas ķekars; (ļaužu) pulciņš rumpun groep, tros klase, klynge grupa, kępa, kiść conjunto mănunchi; grup гроздь; группа chumáč, zhluk grozd; skupina skupina klunga, klase, samling กลุ่ม (สิ่งของหรือคน) salkım 群，叢 гроно; скупчення گروہ đám; cụm 一组（群）
v
(often withround) to group together in clusters They clustered round the door. in trosse groei, swerm, bondel تَعَنْقَدَ، تَجَمَّعَ групирам seskupit se stimle sammen; samle sig sich sammeln μαζεύομαι, συνωθούμαι agruparse kobarasse kogunema دسته کردن kerääntyä se grouper (autour de) לְהִתקַבֵּץ भीड़ लगाना, एक साथ भारी संख्या में एक स्थान पर होना biti na hrpi, skupiti se csoportosul mengelompok þyrpast raggrupparsi 群れる 떼지어 모이다 burtis, spiestis pulcēties berumpun (zich) groeperen flokke seg rundt, vokse i klaser gromadzić się agrupar-se a se strânge (în jurul) толпиться nakopiť sa zbrati se skupljati se skocka sig, bilda klunga ทำให้อยู่รวมเป็นกลุ่ม yığılmak, bir araya toplanmak 群集 товпитися; рости гронами جمع ہونا tụ họp lại 群集
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