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