clustered

1. 1
   adjective

   Grouped close together in a small bunch.

   Like grapes that grow close together in a bunch.

   The clustered seeds grew into a thick patch of flowers.

   Tiny clustered lights wrapped around the little tree.

   Similargrouped, bunched, huddled, clumped, packed

   Oppositescattered, dispersed, isolated

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of cluster. Use this form when the grouping already happened.

   The students clustered around the teacher's desk.

   Birds clustered on the wire before the storm.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Describing a database index that keeps the rows sorted in the order of its key.

   Like keeping books on a shelf in the exact order of their numbers.

   The team made the date column a clustered index to speed up searches.

   A clustered index sorts the rows by the key right on disk.

   Oppositenonclustered

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