tight cluster

collocation in English

meaningsoftightandcluster

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tight
adjective
adverb
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/taɪt/us
/taɪt/
(held or kept together) firmly ...
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cluster
noun[C]
uk
/ˈklʌs.tər/us
/ˈklʌs.tɚ/
a group of similar things that are close together, sometimes ...
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(Definition oftightandclusterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Presumably this reflects the fact that this is atightclusterof markers flanked by two large distances devoid of markers.
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Moreover, it must be realized that most individual graves in urnfield were not that impressive either but, seen as a whole, thetightclusterof dozens of graves certainly was.
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The core village consists of atightclusterof houses, many dating from the mid 18th century, ranged around a roughly rectangular green.
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At one time it formed part of atightclusterof stations, each located one minute from the other.
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A supergene is atightclusterof loci that facilitate the co-segregation of adaptive variation, providing integrated control of complex adaptive phenotypes.
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The inflorescence is atightclusterof flower heads, each up to 3 or 4 centimeters long.
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The inflorescence is atightclusterof five to ten small flowers.
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The fruit is a red berry 8 mm diameter, produced in atightclusterof several together.
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The inflorescence is atightclusterof white flowers with 3 to 5 petals each a few millimeters long.
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Plants go dormant during the colder season and form a dormant bud, consisting of atightclusterof short, immature leaves.
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These fish bones are formed into atightclusterabout six millimeters across, and the cluster is in contact with the seventh and eighth cervical vertebrae of the bird.
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Individuals roosted in tight clusters, and were often in physical contact.
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In the flower centre is atightclusterof orange stamens, which are sensitive to the touch, and spread outwards to reveal the tall stigma in the middle.
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A relatively tight clustering with all isolates being within a window of similarity of approximately 70 % was observed.
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Gradually, the individual ticks became akinetic, and remained in close contact with one another in tight clusters.
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If the disease model is apt for children's behavioral and emotional problems, children generally should manifest tight clusters of symptoms, with unique indicators of other syndromes being absent.
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Its name comes from its characteristic small berry size and tight clusters, and from its skin colour.
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This is one of the main reasons why this subspecies of bats hibernate in tight clusters.
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Some of the terminal branchlets bore masses of erect paired, ellipsoidal sporangia in distinctive tight clusters.
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