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Group - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Group : (noun)
1: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit [syn:
grouping]
2: (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single
unit and forming part of a molecule [syn: radical, chemical
group]
3: a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element
and every element has an inverse [syn: mathematical group]
(verb)
1: arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes
together?"
2: form a group or group together [syn: aggroup]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Group : \Group\, n. [F groupe, It. gruppo, groppo, cluster, bunch,
packet, group; of G. origin: cf. G. krepf craw, crop, tumor,
bunch. See Crop, n.]
1. A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of
persons or things, collected without any regular form or
arrangement; as, a group of men or of trees; a group of
isles.
2. An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation,
or having some resemblance or common characteristic; as,
groups of strata.
3. (Biol.) A variously limited assemblage of animals or
plants, having some resemblance, or common characteristics
in form or structure. The term has different uses, and may
be made to include certain species of a genus, or a whole
genus, or certain genera, or even several orders.
4. (Mus.) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined
at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to
any ornament made up of a few short notes.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Group : \Group\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grouping.] [Cf. F. grouper. See Group, n.]
To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in
groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best
effect; to form an assemblage of.
The difficulty lies in drawing and disposing, or, as
the painters term it, in grouping such a multitude of
different objects. --Prior.
Grouped columns (Arch.), three or more columns placed upon
the same pedestal.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Group :
A group G is a non-empty set upon which a binary operator
* is defined with the following properties for all a,b,c in G:
Closure: G is closed under *, a*b in G
Associative: * is associative on G, (a*b)*c = a*(b*c)
Identity: There is an identity element e such that
a*e = e*a = a.
Inverse: Every element has a unique inverse a' such that
a * a' = a' * a = e. The inverse is usually
written with a superscript -1.
(1998-10-03)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Group : A vertical column in the periodic table; also called a family. For more information see Periodic Tables
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Group |
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