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cluster variables

cluster variables is the plural of cluster variable.

Meaning of cluster variable

Noun

cluster variable (plural cluster variables)

  1. an RR Lyrae variable; a type of variable star commonly (but not exclusively) found in globular clusters
    • This period, which is exceptionally long for a cluster variable, satisfies the observations fairly well except in a few cases.1902, Solon Irving Bailey, A Discussion of Variable Stars in the Cluster [omega] Centauri
  2. (cluster analysis) A variable whose values are used to classify data points into clusters; a variable that identifies one of the defining properties of clusters.
    • The first model includes the potential cluster variable conditioned on clustering variables already selected, while in the second model the variable is not included.2011, Sabine Landau, Morven Leese, Daniel Stahl, Cluster Analysis

Questions about cluster variables

What is cluster variables the plural of?
Cluster variables is the plural of cluster variable.

Words near cluster variables in the dictionary

  1. cluster set
  2. cluster sets
  3. cluster state
  4. cluster states
  5. cluster variable
  6. cluster variables
  7. cluster zoning
  8. cluster-ball
  9. cluster-balls
  10. cluster-fuck
  11. cluster-fucks

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