cluster
集群,群组,群集,簇
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Definitions
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- : a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch: a cluster of grapes.
- : a group of things or persons close together: There was a cluster of tourists at the gate.
- : U.S. Army. a small metal design placed on a ribbon representing an awarded medal to indicate that the same medal has been awarded again: oak-leaf cluster.
- : Phonetics. a succession of two or more contiguous consonants in an utterance, as the str- cluster of strap.
- : Astronomy. a group of neighboring stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that have essentially the same age and composition and thus supposedly a common origin.Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
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- : to gather into a cluster or clusters.
- : to furnish or cover with clusters.
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- : to form a cluster or clusters: The people clustered around to watch.
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Examples
According to health authorities, workplaces were the source for a quarter of the infection clusters reported since the lifting of heavy lockdown.
That’s when teams in Germany and Austria each used Gaia to show many stars already had left the cluster.
Where a cluster may hold a few thousand stars, a galaxy can be home to far more.
Last year, astronomers finally managed to examine a far sparser region of space—the expanse between galaxy clusters.
Last year, astronomers finally managed to examine a far sparser region of space — the expanse between galaxy clusters.
To his credit, Huckabee is conscious of the fact that he will need a cluster of deep-pocketed patrons and bundlers.
Art Basel itself is but the center of a cluster of mega-shows taking place in Miami this week.
But the runaway best example of the game is another cluster of British luxury vehicles—Range Rover, Land Rover and Jaguar.
But the crown itself (or headband or cluster of buds) screams disingenuous.
There is now a black dot in a cluster of reeds about two hundred meters downstream.
With the tertian parasite, the segments more frequently form an irregular cluster.
In the course of an hour a cluster of dark objects appeared on the bench, coming rapidly toward us.
Behind it was a cluster of low hills set with narrow fields and tiny white houses.
They made a cluster of flashing color whose center point was a tiny airship, a speedster, a gay little craft.
He kept looking at the open sky above the river, waiting for the cluster to rise high so he could see it.