cluster

Definitions

• A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other.
• A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
• (astronomy) A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.
• (linguistics) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle.
• (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
• (phonetics) A group of consonants.
• (computing) A group of computers that work together.
• (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).
• (statistics) A significant subset within a population.
• (military) Set of bombs or mines.
• (army) A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.
• (slang) Euphemism of clusterfuck.
• (chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.