Cluster



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• n. 串, 束, 群; v. 成群, 成串

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clyster; akin to Old English clott clot
• Date: before 12th century
• a number of similar things that occur together: as
  • a. two or more consecutive consonants or vowels in a segment of speech
  • b. a group of buildings and especially houses built close together on a sizable tract in order to preserve open spaces larger than the individual yard for common recreation
  • c. an aggregation of stars or galaxies that appear close together in the sky and are gravitationally associated
  • d. a larger than expected number of cases of disease (as leukemia) occurring in a particular locality, group of people, or period of time
• ? clustery adjective

II. verb (clustered; clustering)

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to collect into a cluster <cluster the tents together
  • 2. to furnish with clusters
• intransitive verb
  • to grow, assemble, or occur in a cluster <they clustered around the fire

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