Cluster vs. Segmentation

Clusternoun

A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other.

‘a cluster of islands’; ‘A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.’; ‘A leukemia cluster has developed in the town.’;

Segmentationnoun

The act or an instance of dividing into segments

Clusternoun

A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.

Segmentationnoun

The state of being divided into segments

Clusternoun

(astronomy) A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.

‘The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.’;

Segmentationnoun

The partitioning of an image into groups of pixels

Clusternoun

A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle.

‘examples of clusters would include "in accordance with", "the results of" and "so far"’;

Segmentationnoun

The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation.

Clusternoun

(music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.

Segmentationnoun

(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

Clusternoun

(phonetics) A group of consonants.

‘The word "scrub" begins with a cluster of three consonants.’;

Segmentationnoun

the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Clusternoun

(computing) A group of computers that work together.

Clusternoun

(computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).

Clusternoun

(statistics) A significant subset within a population.

Clusternoun

(military) Set of bombs or mines.

Clusternoun

(army) A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.

Clusternoun

(slang) Euphemism of clusterfuck.

Clusternoun

(chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.

Clusterverb

(intransitive) To form a cluster or group.

‘The children clustered around the puppy.’;

Clusterverb

(transitive) To collect into clusters.

Clusterverb

(transitive) To cover with clusters.

Clusternoun

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

‘Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes,Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine.’;

Clusternoun

A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.

Clusternoun

A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.

‘As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hiveIn clusters.’; ‘We loved him; but, like beastsAnd cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters,Who did hoot him out o' the city.’;

Clusterverb

To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.

‘His sunny hairCluster'd about his temples, like a god's.’; ‘The princes of the country clustering together.’;

Clusterverb

To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.

‘Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove cluster dappled bells.’; ‘Or from the forest falls the clustered snow.’;

Clusternoun

a grouping of a number of similar things;

‘a bunch of trees’; ‘a cluster of admirers’;

Clusterverb

come together as in a cluster or flock;

‘The poets constellate in this town every summer’;

Clusterverb

gather or cause to gather into a cluster;

‘She bunched her fingers into a fist’; ‘The students bunched up at the registration desk’;