clustering

noun

1. A grouping of a number of similar things.
2. The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
3. The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
4. 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.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Forming a cluster.

   “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?”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of cluster