clustered
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Grouped closely together: Describes items or individuals that are gathered or collected in a small, close group, often with some space between groups.
- Not densely packed or coherent: While close together, the items are not necessarily forming a solid, continuous, or tightly unified mass.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The students clustered around the teacher to see the experiment. (The students gathered in a close group near the teacher.)
- The village consisted of clustered cottages at the foot of the hill. (The cottages were built in a close group.)
- The data points on the graph were clustered in the upper right quadrant. (The points were grouped closely in that specific area.)
Advanced Usage
- "Clustered together": An emphatic form of the basic meaning.
- The ripe berries were clustered together on the branch.
- In computing/statistics: Refers to data points or servers grouped based on similarity or function.
- The algorithm identified several clustered groups of users with similar preferences.
Variants and Related Words
- Cluster (noun): A group of similar things or people positioned closely together.
- A cluster of stars.
- Cluster (verb): To come together or gather into a cluster.
- People began to cluster at the scene of the accident.
- Clustering (noun/gerund): The action or process of forming a cluster.
- The clustering of galaxies.
Synonyms
- Grouped: Arranged in a group or groups.
- Bunched: Gathered into a tight cluster.
- Agglomerated: Collected into a mass (often implies a looser, less organized collection).
Antonyms
- Scattered: Spread or thrown about over a wide area.
- Dispersed: Distributed or spread over a wide area.
- Isolated: Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.
Adjective
- clustered together but not coherent
- an agglomerated flower head
- growing close together but not in dense mats