Clique vs Region - What's the difference?
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A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal
(graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
(Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
* 1999 , "Jackie", someone help me out?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.fan.leo-dicaprio )
* 2000 , "- deanna -", ot: hiya'' (on newsgroup ''alt.fan.backstreet.boys )
* 2001 , "spee2k", future no doubt website....'' (on newsgroup ''alt.music.no-doubt )
To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
(historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
(figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
(anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
(obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
(obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
Clique is a related term of region.
As a verb clique
is .As a noun region is
region; area.clique
English
Noun
(en noun)- This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques .
- The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
- Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused.
- even though we're not "regulars" anymore...*sniffle*...we still can't forget the NG...i always tell new fans about it...(people who join my clique , etc...)...and besides...i owe the NG a LOT...itz where i met my best friend...
- you always have to click some big section and you get a whole new set of options in a different frame, thats(SIC) usually on the other side of the screen. when you're there, you can choose from (in a section site stuff or something like that) link me, link you, links, top 10 links, free for all links, cliques , and webrings.
Synonyms
* coterie, ingroup, inner circle, campDerived terms
* clique numberVerb
(cliqu)Usage notes
* Often used in the form clique together .See also
* ("clique" on Wikipedia) ----region
English
Noun
(wikipedia region) (en noun)- the equatorial regions
- the temperate regions
- the polar regions
- the upper regions of the atmosphere
- the abdominal regions