clustering

Other forms: clusterings

Definitions of clustering
  1. noun
    a grouping of a number of similar things
    synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster
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    examples:
    Northern Cross
    a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus
    Omega Centauri
    a global cluster in the constellation Centaurus
    Pleiades
    a star cluster in the constellation Taurus
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    knot
    a tight cluster of people or things
    swad
    a bunch
    tuft, tussock
    a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
    wisp
    a small tuft or lock
    hexenbesen, staghead, witch broom, witches' broom
    an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance
    coma
    (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
    type of:
    agglomeration
    a jumbled collection or mass
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