Word Finder - cluster

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

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A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.

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A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.

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A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.

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The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.

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A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle.

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examples of clusters would include "in accordance with", "the results of" and "so far"

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A secundal chord of three or more notes.

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A group of consonants.

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

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A group of computers that work together.

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A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).

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A significant subset within a population.

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Set of bombs or mines.

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A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.

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Euphemism of clusterfuck.

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An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.

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To form a cluster or group.

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The children clustered around the puppy.

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To collect into clusters.

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To cover with clusters.

He quickly pulled a 20-dollar bill from his wallet and shoved ahead of a cluster of cus­tomers lined up at the cashier and thrust the money at the woman.

The scene was defined by a cluster of police cars and fire engines bathed in rotating lights.

The building sat amid a cluster of cottonwoods that had grown there for an old man's lifetime, while a weather-beaten barn stood off to the side, showing its tired age.

She studied the berry-like seeds that grew in a cluster at the top of the bush.

The " beehive cluster " Praesepe in Cancer is an example of an easily resolved cluster composed of fairly bright stars.

Her father had discovered the rock cluster shortly after he bought the land.

Use a cluster of flowers to design unique photo corners.

The houses cluster beneath and above a cliff (klint) 100 ft.

Thus each cluster seems to consist of two kinds of stars, which we may distinguish as bright and faint; the bright stars are all approximately of one standard size, and the faint stars of another standard size and brightness.

I sat down amidst a black cluster of shrubs, and rested, chin on hand.

There can be two to four blossoms in each flower cluster.

A traditional form of pearl ring is the pearl cluster.

She reached up and plucked a reddish colored grape from the cluster and wiped it on her shirt.

Calls may not be made from any other area within Learning Support, including carrels, PC cluster rooms and group study rooms.

The reinforcement D plate behind the light cluster is just starting to rust through.

The iron and ruthenium clusters not only lost their carbonyl ligands, but their cluster cores were also fragmented.

Level II threats are those beyond base or base cluster self-defense capabilities.

Molecules in clusters have properties similar to solvated species and cluster studies offer an opportunity of investigating these processes.

Harrow YISP Harrow YISP, based at Rooks High School, works with a cluster of schools in the south of the boro.

At UNSW I started the " Fornax Cluster Spectroscopic Survey " using the 2dF spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope.

Each College has its own library and computer cluster, and the majority of study bedrooms are connected to the Internet.

The homologous superfamilies cluster proteins with highly similar structures and functions.

Each star cluster is swaddled in a hydrogen blanket -- the raw material out of which it formed.

These are posted in each computer cluster and are reproduced in the Taught Students Handbook.

This image was combined with archival data, resulting in a complete HST WFPC2 three-color image of the cluster.

Expectation level E = 30 %, Initial cluster of 9 × 9 = 81 contributors, 50 × 50 torus grid.

It 's a stellar nursery centered on a bright open cluster called The Trapezium.

The Mn cluster donates electrons to P680+ via a redox active tyrosine located at position 161 on the D1 protein (3).

All staff have a desktop workstation configured for their needs, together with access to the Departmental Linux cluster for high-performance processing requirements.

Seventy members spare two days in a month toward the management of apex body and Zonal cluster.

Down is the soft cluster of fibers found beneath the feathers of a goose or duck.

Using cayenne externally can help to relieve the pain of back aches, muscle spasms, and even osteoarthritis and cluster headaches.

There are 38 Bach flower essences, each matched to a specific symptom or cluster of symptoms.

It seems too good to be true, but this common culinary spice holds great promise as a natural treatment for diabetes and the cluster of symptoms known as metabolic syndrome.

Cluster small flower stickers together to make your own mock photo corners.

Classified by the International Headache Society, tension-type headaches are considered primary headaches along with migraines and cluster headaches.

It is typically designed as a round cluster of flowers with minimal greenery.

The space in between the down cluster is the same principle of wearing layers of clothing to create air pockets that warm and insulate you.

At weddings, it's popular to cluster elegantly decorated cupcakes around a small main cake or combine a full-sized dessert with its bite-sized counterparts to make an attractive display.

Simply elevate the big cake in some way, such as with a cake stand, and cluster your cupcakes beneath it.

Fruits are spherical, purple black berries arranged in a large cluster.

Iberis Petraea - A pretty alpine species, 3 inches high, with a flat cluster of white flowers, relieved in the centre by a tinge of red, thriving among rock plants in welldrained spots with plenty of moisture.

America. C. pinnata is a stout kind, pinnate leaves; from 14 to 20 inches high, flowering from April to June, with large pale purple, lilac, or white flowers in a cluster.

The stones are cluster set in an oval mounting in slanting rows.

It has slender branches covered with a light brown bark, and campanulate flowers produced in a pendulous cluster, and of a pale rosy-red color, with three darker lines on each of the five sections of the corolla.

At Coombe Royal, in South Devon, it grows quite 20 feet high, and is a spectacle of wondrous beauty about the end of April or the beginning of May, when every twig carries a cluster of fiery flowers.

More erect than some other kinds, the flowers cluster together at intervals.

The yellow flowers cluster together in the upper part of the stem and assume a somewhat pendent position.

As they do not ripen simultaneously, fruits of both these colors, as well as green ones, occur on a cluster at the same time.

Hoteia - H. japonica is a fine tufted herbaceous plant 1 foot to 16 inches high, with silvery-white flowers early in summer in a panicled cluster.