cluster

English

Wikipedia

A cluster of mushrooms.

A star cluster

Etymology

From Old English clyster

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈklʌstə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈklʌstɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʌstə(r)

Noun

cluster (plural clusters)

1. A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other.

   A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.

   • 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, Daily Record:

     Charlie Mulgrew’s delicious deadball delivery was attacked by a cluster of green and white shirts at McGregor’s back post but Ledley got up higher and with more purpose than anyone else to thump a header home from five yards.

2. (astronomy) A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.

   The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.

3. (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
4. (phonetics) A group of consonants.

   The word "scrub" begins with a cluster of three consonants.

5. (computing) A group of computers that work together.
6. (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).
7. (statistics) A significant subset within a population.
8. (military) Set of bombs or mines.
9. (army) A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.

Derived terms

• cluster analysis
• clustering
• cluster bomb
• globular cluster
• open cluster
• star cluster

Translations

group or bunch of something

Armenian: բույլ (hy) (buyl) Bulgarian: грозд (bg) m., кичур (bg) m., китка (bg) f. Czech: shluk (cs) m. Danish: klynge (da) c., klase (da) c., sværm (da) c. Finnish: ryhmä, rykelmä, parvi, kimppu, terttu, ryväs (fi) German: Anhäufung (de) f., Büschel (de) m., Gruppe (de) f., Haufen (de) m., Schwarm (de) m., Traube (de) m.

Irish: braisle (ga) f. Kurdish: Sorani: ده‌سته‌ (ku) (deste), هێشوو (ku) (héshu) Persian: كلاستر (fa) (گروه، خوشه) Russian: (grapes) гроздь (ru) (grozd') f., (grapes) кисть (ru) (kist') f., пучок (ru) (pučók) m., (bees) рой (ru) (roj) m., скопление (ru) (skoplénije) n. Spanish: racimo (es) m., amontonamiento (es) m.

group of galaxies or stars

Bulgarian: рой (bg) m. Czech: kupa (cs) f. Danish: klynge (da) c. Finnish: galaksijoukko (fi) German: Cluster (de) m., Schwarm (de) m., Sternhaufen (de) m.

Indonesian: gugus (id) Irish: braisle (ga) f. Russian: скопление (ru) (skoplénije) n. Spanish: cúmulo (es) m.

chord of three or more notes

Finnish: sointu (fi), monisointu (fi) German: Gruppe (de) f.

Irish: braisle (ga) f. Spanish: acorde (es) m.

group of consonants

Czech: shluk (cs) m. Danish: serie (da) c. Finnish: konsonanttiklusteri

German: Gruppe (de) f., Haufen (de) m. Spanish: grupo (es) m., agrupación (es) f., agrupación (es) f., agrupamiento (es) m.

group of computers working together

Danish: klynge (da) c. German: Cluster (de) m. Irish: braisle (ga) f.

Russian: кластер (ru) (kláster) m. Spanish: grupo (es) m.

significant subset within a population

Czech: shluk (cs) m. Finnish: klusteri (fi), ryväs (fi) German: Gruppe (de) f., Haufen (de) m.

Kurdish: Sorani: ده‌سته‌ (ku) (deste), هێشوو (ku) (héshu) Spanish: grupo (es) m.

set of bombs or mines

Danish: klynge (da) c. Finnish: rypäle (fi)

German: Schwarm (de) m., Traube (de) m.

metal design

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French: groupe

Verb

cluster (third-person singular simple present clusters, present participle clustering, simple past and past participle clustered)

1. (intransitive) To form into a cluster.

   The children clustered together around the puppy.

Translations

Form into a cluster

Bulgarian: трупам се (bg) Danish: flokkes, samle sig i klynge Finnish: kerääntyä, ryhmittyä, kasvaa tertussa

Irish: braisligh (ga) Portuguese: aglomerar (pt) Spanish: amontonar (es), aglomerar (es)

Anagrams

• custrel
• cutlers