Clustering

clus·ter  (klstr)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English clyster.]

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Clustering a group gathered together in a cluster.

Examples: clustering of calamities, 1576; of humble dwellings, 1858; of verdure, 1842; clustering together in companies, 1541.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

clustering - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" bunch, clump, cluster 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" tuft, tussock - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass