group
- Noun. A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
- Noun. (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
- Noun. A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
- Noun. (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
- Noun. (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
- Noun. (chemistry) A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
- Noun. (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
- Noun. (military) An air force formation.
- Noun. (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
- Noun. (computing) In the Unix operating system, a number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
- Noun. An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
- Verb. (transitive) To put together to form a group.
- Verb. (intransitive) To come together to form a group.
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