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Definition of Clustering
1. Noun. A grouping of a number of similar things. "A cluster of admirers"
Generic synonyms: Agglomeration
Specialized synonyms: Knot, Swad, Tuft, Tussock
Specialized synonyms: Northern Cross, Omega Centauri, Pleiades
Derivative terms: Bunch, Bunch, Bunchy, Clump, Clump, Cluster, Cluster, Cluster, Cluster
Definition of Clustering
1. Verb. (present participle of cluster) ¹
2. Noun. The action of the verb to cluster. ¹
3. Noun. A grouping of a number of similar things. ¹
4. Noun. (context: demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion. ¹
5. Noun. (computing) The undesirable, contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table. ¹
6. Noun. (context: writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clustering
1. cluster [v] - See also: cluster
Medical Definition of Clustering
1. Of acetylcholine receptors: aggregation of the receptors in developing myotubes in the vicinity of the presynaptic terminal, induced by nerve contact. See: agrin. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clustering
Literary usage of Clustering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"In summary, clustering engenders and encourages expressive behavior at all levels
... In my own teaching I have made clustering an integral part of all the ..."
2. L1-statistical Procedures and Related Topics by Yadolah Dodge (1997)
"The major issue raised in this paper is that LI and L\ approximation bilinear
clustering can provide a theoretical framework for an extensive part of ..."
3. Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics by R. Dougherty, Edward R Dougherty (2005)
"clustering: revealing intrinsic dependencies in microarray data Marcel Brun, ...
Introduction Informal definitions for clustering can be found in the ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1805)
"More dear to me thy bosom than the sight Of clustering grapes imbued with purple
light : Thy breath more fragrant than ttie ..."
5. Diagnosis and Severity of Drug Abuse and Drug Dependence edited by Jack D. Blaine, Arthur M. Horton, Jr., Leland H. Towle (1997)
"The problem with a duration criterion that does not require clustering is that,
for example, an individual who experiences one problem at age 17, ..."
6. The Visible Universe: Chapters on the Origin and Construction of the Heavens by John Ellard Gore (1893)
"... and the group near 70 Ophiuchi also form examples of this clustering tendency.
That in some of these at least the connection is real, and not merely ..."
7. An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment by Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black (1992)
"... PAIR-GROUP METHOD OF clustering The pair-group clustering method is an iterative
procedure based on a simple conception. It uses a square matrix (ie, ..."
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