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CLUSTERED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clustered together but not coherent
Example:
an agglomerated flower head
Synonyms:
agglomerate; agglomerated; agglomerative; clustered
Classified under:
Similar:
collective (forming a whole or aggregate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Growing close together but not in dense mats
Classified under:
Similar:
gregarious ((of plants) growing in groups that are close together)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb cluster
Context examples:
Won't Laurie laugh? cried the family, all in one breath as they clustered about Jo, for these foolish, affectionate people made a jubilee of every little household joy.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A family of genes that is comprised of 13 nearly identical loci that are clustered in the vicinity of Xq24.
(Cancer/Testis Antigen Family 47 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area.
(Herpes Zoster, NCI Thesaurus)
Disease-associated mutations tend to be clustered in a small region designated the mutation cluster region (MCR) and result in a truncated protein product.
(Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, benign neoplasm that arises from the Bartholin gland and is characterized by the presence of clustered glands and tubules lined by mucin-secreting epithelial cells.
(Bartholin Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A hamartoma characterized by localized malformation of one or more of the components of the dermis; presenting as clustered, slightly raised, pea-sized lesions distributed over the abdomen, back, buttocks, arms, or thighs.
(Connective Tissue Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)
The calculations revealed that such a model can explain the perplexing spatially clustered orbits of some TNOs.
(Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by ‘Planet Nine’, University of Cambridge)
At last the woods rose; the rookery clustered dark; a loud cawing broke the morning stillness.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Round one of the fires were clustered four or five of the leading men of the archers, cleaning the rust from their weapons, and glancing impatiently from time to time at a great pot which smoked over the blaze.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The magistrate handed him a blue paper which the little knot of gentlemen clustered their heads over, for they were mostly magistrates themselves, and were keenly alive to any possible flaw in the wording.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
