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clusterful

clusterful noun: a quantity that forms a cluster.

Noun

clusterful (plural clusterfuls or clustersful)

  1. A quantity that forms a cluster.
    • Windows will never write less than one clusterful of data onto a cluster; if it only needs to write half of it, it will mark the end of where that file ends (the "end of file" mark) and fill the rest of the cluster with whatever data happens to be floating about in portions of the computer's...2001, Michael A. Caloyannides, Computer Forensics and Privacy, page 34
    • To match it you would need a thousand such worlds; systems of them, a clusterful of information-packed globes . . . and that vast capacity was physically contained within a space smaller than a single one of those tiny rooms, inside the Mind. . . .2008, Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas: A Culture Novel

Adjective

clusterful (comparative more clusterful, superlative most clusterful)

  1. Having phonological rules that allow consonant clusters.
    • We know from Linear B how awkward a syllabary is for a clusterful language — consonants are omitted, or otiose vowels intrude in the spelling -—— so a segmental orthography would be quite advantageous.1992, Pamela A. Downing, Susan D. Lima, Michael Noonan, The Linguistics of Literacy, page 97
    • Sranan, perhaps because it was spoken on the plantations alongside Dutch, a pretty clusterful language, grew more tolerant of clusters and dropped the first epenthetic vowel.2008, Derek Bickerton, Bastard Tongues

Forms of clusterful

Noun
pluralclusterfuls
pluralclustersful
Adjective
comparativemore clusterful
superlativemost clusterful

Origin of clusterful

From cluster + -ful.

Questions about clusterful

What does clusterful mean?
Clusterful means a quantity that forms a cluster.
What part of speech is clusterful?
Clusterful can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of clusterful?
The plural of clusterful is clusterfuls.

Words near clusterful in the dictionary

  1. clusterfucked
  2. clusterfuckery
  3. clusterfucking
  4. clusterfuckings
  5. clusterfucks
  6. clusterful
  7. clusterfullerene
  8. clusterfullerenes
  9. clusterfuls
  10. clustergram
  11. clustergrams

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