clique
/kliหk/IPA: /K L IY1 K/
noun
- 1
A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
โThis school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.โ
- 2
A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
โThe problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.โ
- 3
A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
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