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cluster
English
Etymology
From Middle English cluster, from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klus-, *klas- (“to clump, lump together”) + Proto-Germanic *-þr? (instrumental suffix), related to Low German Kluuster (“cluster”), dialectal Dutch klister (“cluster”), Swedish kluster (“cluster”), Icelandic klasi (“cluster; bunch of grapes”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kl?st?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?kl?st?/
- Rhymes: -?st?(r)
Noun
cluster (plural clusters)
- A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other.
- a cluster of islands
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe
- Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, / Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine.
- A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
- (astronomy) A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.
- (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle.
- examples of clusters would include "in accordance with", "the results of" and "so far"
- (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
- (phonetics) A group of consonants.
- (computing) A group of computers that work together.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).
- (statistics, cluster analysis) A subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a distinct group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
- (military) A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
- (army) A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.
- (slang, euphemistic) A clusterfuck.
- (chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
cluster (third-person singular simple present clusters, present participle clustering, simple past and past participle clustered)
- (intransitive) To form a cluster or group.
- The children clustered around the puppy.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Oenone
- His sunny hair / Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's.
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
- the princes of the country […] clustering together
- 1997, Lynn Keller, Forms of Expansion: Recent Long Poems by Women, University of Chicago Press, ?ISBN, chapter 6, 281:
- On the page, “Me” is irregular but—except for a prominent drawing of a two-toned hieroglyphic eye—not radically unusual: the lines are consistently left-justified; their length varies from one to a dozen syllables; they cluster in stanzalike units anywhere from one to six lines long that are separated by consistent spaces.
- (transitive) To collect into clusters.
- (transitive) To cover with clusters.
Translations
Anagrams
- culters, curlest, custrel, cutlers, relucts
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English cluster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kl?s.t?r/
- Hyphenation: clus?ter
- Rhymes: -?st?r
Noun
cluster f or m or m (plural clusters, diminutive clustertje n)
- cluster
- (astronomy) star cluster
- Synonyms: sterrencluster, sterrenhoop, sterrenzwerm
Derived terms
- sterrencluster
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English cluster.
Noun
cluster m (plural clusters)
- cluster
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English cluster.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?kl?s.te?/
Noun
cluster m (plural clusters)
- (music) cluster (chord of three or more notes)
- (computing) cluster (group of computers working concurrently)
Spanish
Noun
cluster m (plural clusters or cluster)
- Alternative spelling of clúster
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quantity
English
Etymology
From Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantit?s (“quantity”), from quantus (“how much”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kw?n.t?.ti/
- (General American) enPR: kw?n?(t)?t?, IPA(key): /?kw?n(t)?ti/, [?k?w?n(?)??i], [?k?w?n(t?)?t?i]
- Note: This is with a relaxed middle T, and is only used in colloquial contexts by many speakers.
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?kw?nd?di/, /?kw?n???i/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?kwæn.t?.ti/
Noun
quantity (countable and uncountable, plural quantities)
- A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
- An indefinite amount of something.
- Some soap making oils are best as base oils, used in a larger quantity in the soap, while other oils are best added in a small quantity.
- A specific measured amount.
- A considerable measure or amount.
- (metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
- (mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
- 2006, Jerome E. Kaufmann and Karen Schwitters, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach, p 89
- For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression. […] 65. x plus 9, the quantity squared
- 2005, R. Mark Sirkin, Statistics For The Social Sciences, p137
- The second, , read "summation of x, quantity squared," tells us to first add up all the xs to get and then square to get .
- 1985, Serge Lang, Math!: Encounters with High School Students, p54
- ANN. quantity cubed.
- SERGE LANG. That's right, .
- 2006, Jerome E. Kaufmann and Karen Schwitters, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach, p 89
Usage notes
- In mathematics, used to unambiguously orate mathematical equations; it is extremely rare in print, since there is no need for it there.
Synonyms
- Qty
Derived terms
- unknown quantity
Related terms
Translations
See also
- measure
- unit
Further reading
- quantity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- quantity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- quantity at OneLook Dictionary Search
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