Definition of Groups. Meaning of Groups. Synonyms of Groups
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Definition of Groups
Group 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.
Group 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.
