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clique
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clique \Clique\ (kl[=e]k), n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.] A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.
Clique \Clique\, v. i. To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1711, "a party of persons; a small set, especially one associating for exclusivity," from obsolete French clique, originally (14c.) "a sharp noise," also "latch, bolt of a door," from Old French cliquer "click, clatter, crackle, clink," 13c., echoic. Apparently this word was at one time treated in French as the equivalent of claque (q.v.) and partook of that word's theatrical sense.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal 2 (context graph theory English) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph. 3 (context Internet English) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner. vb. To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
WordNet
n. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp]
Wikipedia
In the mathematical area of graph theory, a clique ( or ) is a subset of vertices of an undirected graph such that its induced subgraph is complete; that is, every two distinct vertices in the clique are adjacent. Cliques are one of the basic concepts of graph theory and are used in many other mathematical problems and constructions on graphs. Cliques have also been studied in computer science: the task of finding whether there is a clique of a given size in a graph (the clique problem) is NP-complete, but despite this hardness result, many algorithms for finding cliques have been studied.
Although the study of complete subgraphs goes back at least to the graph-theoretic reformulation of Ramsey theory by , the term clique comes from , who used complete subgraphs in social networks to model cliques of people; that is, groups of people all of whom know each other. Cliques have many other applications in the sciences and particularly in bioinformatics.
A clique is a close social group.
Clique or The Clique may also refer to:
Clique is a brand of vodka. It is produced in Latvia and imported to the United States, where it is sold by Premier Innovations Group, a Pittsburgh-based company with headquarters in the Strip District. Clique is a "mid-shelf vodka," with a target price of about $16 per bottle, as opposed to "premium" vodka, like Grey Goose. This allows the brand to focus on targeting a relatively a younger demographic.
The vodka was first sold in Pennsylvania in 2010; Tennessee in 2011; Ohio and West Virginia in 2012. In May 2012, Premier Innovations Group reached a distribution deal with Total Wine & More to sell the vodka in 12 other states and Puerto Rico and India.
It was the Silver Medal for Taste in the 2012 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Known Clique sponsorships:
- WERA Motorcycle Racer Aaron Borello 1
- Goldyard, an Atlanta-based music group 2
"Clique" is a song by American rappers Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Big Sean. The song serves as the fourth single from the album Cruel Summer (2012), a collaboration between members of West's label GOOD Music. The song's production was handled by Hit-Boy and West. "Clique" was released as a single to the iTunes Store on September 7, 2012. Additional vocals on the song are provided by American R&B singer James Fauntleroy II, who performs the song's introduction.
In the social sciences, a clique ( AusE, CanE, or ) is a group of people who interact with eachother and share similar interestsInteracting with cliques is part of normative social development regardless of gender, ethnicity, or popularity. Although cliques are most commonly studied during adolescence and middle childhood, they exist in all age groups. Generally people in a clique will not have a completeopen friend group, and they can "ban" members of the clique if they do something deemed to be unacceptable, such as talking to someone generally disliked by the clique. People that are part of a clique are bonded together through shared and /or similar social characteristic such as race, ethnicity, economic status, physical appearance, etc.
Being part of a clique is usually seen as a norm in society regardless of status. Cliques are most likely to be prevalent during teenage years, but are found in other age groups. Cliques may be formed among, for example, athletes, nerds, workmates, fraternities, sororities, cheerleaders. Cohesive factors may include ethnicity, similar interest, physical appearance, etc. Members of a clique often isolate themselves as a group, view the clique as superior.
Usage examples of "clique".
The mixed crowd muttered, formed into small cliques, and pushed at the bar where Jake and Castile poured thimble-sized glasses of mead for tasting.
To right and left of it were isolated groups of palms growing in threes and fours, like trees that had formed themselves into cliques and set careful barriers of sand between themselves and their despised brethren.
Queen since the rise of the Polignac clique, Elis-abeth had remained touchingly loyal.
All our numerous squabbling cliques, political, religious, or whatever they may be, will have to drop their differences in the face of this greater peril and unitedly support us in future efforts to get rid of it once and for all.
Athanase Georgevitch and Thaddeus, and the two officers also, to say that he was the only honest man in all the Russian police, and that Matrena Petrovna was a great woman to have dared rid herself of the entire clique of agents, who are often more revolutionary than the Nihilists themselves.
It was a satire in which the Zorzi clique was pulled to pieces, and in which I played a very poor part. I did not read it till some time after, and in the mean time put it in my pocket.
Polycarbon Clique: a fungus and an alga, potential rivals, united in symbiosis to accomplish what neither could do alone, just as the Clique united Mechanist and Shaper to bring life to Mars.
There was a sizeable clique of the overdone, comic opera uniforms in among them, and now he discovered that they smoked top-grade cigars.
I wobbled, brushing away tears, but I managed to stand, and the Clique cheered.
What cut short the experiments of a clique of scientists, ending their lives in manner calculated to arouse no suspicion?
There was no doubt that she was popular: the room was obviously peppered with a clique of regular admirers who seemed to know all her songs by heart, and who burst into ecstatic laughter whenever she approached a particularly classic line.
Was EFF a genuinely important political development -- or merely a clique of wealthy eccentrics, dabbling in matters better left to the proper authorities?
He also viewed it as a means of self-preservation, thinking once he became a member of a team or fraternity, his inclusion in that elite clique would at the very least preclude him from being abused by outsiders.
Chan Corbulo was leader of the little clique of officials who planned to betray the Empire to the Cloud.
When one is part of a small and comparatively insignificant clique, warming one self in its closeness and camaraderie, what happens if one of the clique suddenly rises and becomes famous in the wild world outside?