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.

Meaning of Groups from wikipedia

- or other objects Group (database) Group (online social networking) Usenet newsgroup Google Groups Yahoo! Groups Facebook groups Group (stratigraphy), in...
- finding more genetic variation within ethnic groups compared to between ethnic groups. The largest ethnic groups in modern times comprise more than one billion...
- contemporary ethnic groups. There has been constant debate over the cl****ification of ethnic groups. Membership of an ethnic group tends to be ****ociated...
- found that people can form self-preferencing in-groups within a matter of minutes and that such groups can form even on the basis of completely arbitrary...
- The term "sister group" is used in phylogenetic analysis, and only groups identified in the analysis are labeled as sister groups. An example is in birds...
- differences among groups rather than differences in po****tion size among groups. The above criticism is based on the idea that a group can be considered...
- peoples of the Caucasus, or Caucasians, are a diverse group comprising more than 50 ethnic groups throughout the Caucasus region. Caucasians who speak...
- designate as terrorist. The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and former national governments...
- of anthropology related to the various indigenous groups that reside in the nations of Europe. Groups may be defined by common genetic ancestry, common...
- and spiritual traditions may be cl****ified into a small number of major groups, although this is not a uniform practice. This theory began in the 18th...
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