clusters

Noun

cluster (plural clusters)

1. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
   • a cluster of islands

   Synonyms:

   clump

   1. A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
      • The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.
   2. (physical) An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
   3. A group of computers that work together.
      • A computer cluster is a collection of two or more computers used to execute a given problem or section. Typically, in a computer cluster, the interconnection network tying the computers together is a local area network (LAN). […] The computers in the cluster communicate among themselves and among...2011, Fayez Gebali, “Parallel Computers”, in Algorithms and Parallel Computing (Wiley Series on Parallel Computing and Distributed Computing; 82), Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, section 3.7...
   4. A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
   5. A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
      • A leukemia cluster has developed in the town.

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