Background for clustering

clustering

/ˈklʌstərɪŋ/

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verb

To form a cluster or group.

Examples :

"The children clustered around the puppy."

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verb

To collect into clusters.

Examples :

"The children are clustering around the ice cream truck. "

group organization process

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verb

To cover with clusters.

Examples :

"The ivy is clustering the old brick wall, making it look green and lush. "

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noun

The action of the verb to cluster.

Examples :

"The clustering of students around the lost puppy showed how much they cared about animals. "

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noun

A grouping of a number of similar things.

Examples :

"The teacher organized the students into groups, based on their reading levels, creating a clustering of similar abilities. "

group organization system

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noun

(demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.

Examples :

"The city's clustering of immigrant populations, with distinct neighborhoods for each ethnic group, created vibrant cultural pockets. "

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noun

The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.

Examples :

"The slow performance of the application was traced back to severe clustering in the hash table, where many data items were grouping together in the same area, slowing down lookups. "

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noun

(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.

Examples :

"Before writing her essay, Maria used clustering to brainstorm ideas around the central topic of "my favorite summer vacation," connecting related thoughts like "beach," "swimming," and "ice cream" to the main circle. "

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adjective

Forming a cluster.

Examples :

"We observed clustering behavior in the ants as they gathered around the sugar. "

group structure