CLUSTERING
Dictionary entry overview: What does clustering mean?
• CLUSTERING (noun)
The noun CLUSTERING has 1 sense:
1. a grouping of a number of similar things
Familiarity information: CLUSTERING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CLUSTERING (noun)
Meaning:
A grouping of a number of similar things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
bunch; clump; cluster; clustering
Context examples:
a bunch of trees / a cluster of admirers
Hypernyms ("clustering" is a kind of...):
agglomeration (a jumbled collection or mass)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clustering"):
knot (a tight cluster of people or things)
swad (a bunch)
tuft; tussock (a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass)
Instance hyponyms:
Northern Cross (a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus)
Omega Centauri (a global cluster in the constellation Centaurus)
Pleiades (a star cluster in the constellation Taurus)
