different between clustering vs gathering

English

Verb

clustering

1. present participle of cluster

Noun

clustering (plural clusterings)

1. The action of the verb to cluster.
2. A grouping of a number of similar things.
3. (demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
4. (computing) The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
5. (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.

Adjective

clustering (not comparable)

1. Forming a cluster.
   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2

     I prithee let me bring thee where crabs grow,

     and I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts,

     Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how

     To snare the nimble marmoset. I'll bring thee

     To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get thee

     Young scamels from the rock. Wilt thou go with me?

Derived terms

• clustering coefficient
• clustering illusion
• declustering

Related terms

• mind map

Translations

Anagrams

• lecturings

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ.ð?.???/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather +? -ing (verbal noun ending).

Noun

gathering (plural gatherings)

1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

2. A group of people or things.

3. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

4. A charitable contribution; a collection.
5. (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Translations

Further reading

• gathering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Section (bookbinding) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather +? -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

gathering

1. present participle of gather

Adjective

gathering (not comparable)

1. That gathers together

Derived terms

• data-gathering
• evidence-gathering

Anagrams

• nightgear