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group - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
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abstraction,
abstract entity a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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humanity,
humankind,
humans,
human beings,
human race,
man,
mankind,
world the quality of being humane
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arrangement the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
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straggle a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
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kingdom a basic group of natural objects
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biological group a group of plants or animals
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biotic community,
community (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
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people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
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social group people sharing some social relation
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accumulation,
aggregation,
assemblage,
collection the act of accumulating
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edition the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
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electron shell a grouping of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom; "the chemical properties of an atom are determined by the outermost electron shell"
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ethnic group,
ethnos people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
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race a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"
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association the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
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cloud,
swarm a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
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subgroup (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group
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sainthood the status and dignity of a saint
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citizenry,
people the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"
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population the act of populating (causing to live in a place); "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"
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hoi polloi,
mass,
masses,
multitude,
people,
the great unwashed (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
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varna (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)
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circuit an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
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scheme,
system an elaborate and systematic plan of action
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series (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
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actinide,
actinoid,
actinon any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
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lanthanide,
lanthanoid,
lanthanon,
rare-earth element,
rare earth any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
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halogen any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
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group - (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule |
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building block,
unit a block of material used in construction work
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molecule (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
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chemical science,
chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
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acyl,
acyl group any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
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alcohol group,
alcohol radical the chemical group -OH
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aldehyde group,
aldehyde radical the chemical group -CHO
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alkyl,
alkyl group,
alkyl radical any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons
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allyl,
allyl group,
allyl radical the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5; derived from propylene
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amino,
amino group the radical -NH2
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amyl a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds
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azido group,
azido radical the univalent group N3- derived from hydrazoic acid
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azo group,
azo radical the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups
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benzyl,
benzyl group,
benzyl radical the univalent radical derived from toluene
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benzoyl group,
benzoyl radical the univalent radical derived from benzoic acid
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arsenic group,
cacodyl,
cacodyl group,
cacodyl radical the univalent group derived from arsine
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carbonyl group the bivalent radical CO
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carboxyl,
carboxyl group the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
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chromophore the chemical group that gives color to a molecule
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cyanide group,
cyanide radical,
cyano group,
cyano radical the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound
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glyceryl a trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals
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hydrazo group,
hydrazo radical the bivalent group -HNNH- derived from hydrazine
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hydroxyl,
hydroxyl group,
hydroxyl radical the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols
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ketone group a group having the characteristic properties of ketones
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methylene,
methylene group,
methylene radical the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane
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propyl,
propyl group,
propyl radical the monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane
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butyl a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9)
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nitro group the group -NO3
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nitrite the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
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uranyl,
uranyl group,
uranyl radical the bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids
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vinyl,
vinyl group,
vinyl radical shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings
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group - a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse |
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set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"
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subgroup (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group
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abelian group,
commutative group a group that satisfies the commutative law
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group - form a group or group together |
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assemble,
foregather,
forgather,
gather,
meet create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
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team,
team up form a team; "We teamed up for this new project"
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embed attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war; "The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division"
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gang,
gang up act as an organized group
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pool join or form a pool of people
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brigade form or unite into a brigade
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group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?" |
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assort,
class,
classify,
separate,
sort,
sort out arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
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regroup reorganize into new groups
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bracket classify or group
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chunk,
collocate,
lump group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
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batch batch together; assemble or process as a batch
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