Clustering

Verb
clustering

Noun

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

Derived terms

 * clustering coefficient
 * clustering illusion
 * declustering

Related terms

 * mind map