clique
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purposeSynonyms: coterieingroupinner circlepackcampType of set, circleKinds cabal, faction, galere, Bloomsbury Group, mafia, hard core, bohemia, loop, military junta, kitchen cabinet
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, intransitive verb
A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; — generally used in a bad sense.
To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; — used with together.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<mathematics> A maximal totally connected subgraph. Given a graph with nodes N, a clique C is a subset of N where every node in C is directly connected to every other node in C (i.e. C is totally connected), and C contains all such nodes (C is maximal). In other words, a clique contains all, and only, those nodes which are directly connected to all other nodes in the clique. [Is this correct?]
(1996-09-22)