group

group
I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French groupe, from Italian gruppo, by-form of groppo knot, tangle, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German kropf crawmore at crop Date: 1686 1. two or more figures forming a complete unit in a composition 2. a. a number of individuals assembled together or having some unifying relationship b. an assemblage of objects regarded as a unit c. (1) a military unit consisting of a headquarters and attached battalions (2) a unit of the United States Air Force higher than a squadron and lower than a wing 3. a. an assemblage of related organismsoften used to avoid taxonomic connotations when the kind or degree of relationship is not clearly defined b. (1) two or more atoms joined together or sometimes a single atom forming part of a molecule; especially functional group <
a methyl group
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(2) an assemblage of elements forming one of the vertical columns of the periodic table c. a stratigraphic division comprising rocks deposited during an era 4. a mathematical set that is closed under a binary associative operation, contains an identity element, and has an inverse for every element II. verb Date: 1718 transitive verb 1. to combine in a group 2. to assign to a group ; classify intransitive verb 1. to form a group 2. to belong to a group 3. to make groups of closely spaced hits on a target <
the gun grouped beautifullyR. C. Ruark
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groupable adjective

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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