# clustered

Pronunciation: US say "KLUS-turd" /ˈklʌstɚd/; UK say "KLUS-tuhd" /ˈklʌstəd/

## Adjective

1. Arranged together in a tight group or bunch.
   - Simple: Grouped close together in a small bunch.
   - _The clustered houses on the hillside shared a single narrow road._
   - _Microscope images revealed clustered cells along the edge of the tissue._
3. Describing a database index whose key determines the physical order in which a table's rows are stored.
   - Simple: Describing a database index that keeps the rows sorted in the order of its key.
   - _They rebuilt the table with a clustered index on the customer ID._
   - _Because the primary key was clustered, range queries ran much faster._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of cluster. — simple past and past participle of cluster
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of cluster. Use this form when the grouping already happened.
   - _Fans clustered near the stage hours before the concert began._
   - _The committee has clustered the proposals into three broad groups._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/clustered (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).