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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cluster \Clus"ter\, v. t. To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body. Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove cluster dappled bells. --Tennyson. Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. --Thomson. {Clustered column} (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cluster \Clus"ter\, n. [AS. cluster, clyster; cf LG kluster (also Sw & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled?.)] 1. A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch. Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. --Spenser. 2. A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group as a cluster of islands. ``Cluster of provinces.'' --Motley. 3. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place a crowd; a mob. As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters. --Milton. We loved him but like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cluster \Clus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clustered}; p. pr & vb n. {Clustering}.] To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters. His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. --Tennyson. The princes of the country clustering together. --Foxe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cluster n : a thick grouping of similar things "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" [syn: {bunch}, {clump}] v 1: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" [syn: {constellate}, {flock}, {clump}] 2: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the registration desk" [syn: {bunch}, {bunch up}, {bundle}, {clump}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: clusterAn elementary unit of allocation of a disk made up of one or more physical {blocks}. A {file} is made up of a whole number of possibly non-contiguous clusters. The cluster size is a tradeoff between space efficiency (the bigger is the cluster, the bigger is on the average the wasted space at the end of each file) and the length of the {FAT}. (1996-11-04)
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