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▪ I. clustering, vbl. n.|ˈklʌstərɪŋ|
The action of the verb cluster. Also = cluster n. 3 a and c.
1576Fleming Panoplie Ep. 61 The clustering together of calamities. 1858De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. II. v. 232 A thin diffusion of humble dwellings—here a scattering, and there a clustering. 1956H. S. Jones in A. Pryce-Jones New Outl. Mod. Knowl. 131 Galaxies..are fairly uniformly distributed through space, apart from some localized clusterings. 1959Listener 3 Sept. 352/2 One would expect some variation with distance in the appearance of the galaxy..or in the degree of clustering.
▪ II. clustering, ppl. a.
That clusters; see the verb.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 16 In the ayre their clust'ring armie flies. 1610Shakes. Temp. iv. i. 112 Vines, with clustring bunches growing. 1634Milton Comus 54 His clustering locks With ivy berries wreathed. 1813Byron Corsair iii. ii, Spell-bound within the clustering Cyclades!
Hence clusteringly adv. |