clique
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purposeSynonyms: coterieingroupinner circlepackcamp
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Clique \Clique\ (kl[=e]k), n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.] A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense. [1913 Webster]
Clique \Clique\, v. i. To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
clique
<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)