English Dictionary
◊ CLIQUE
clique
n : an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: {coterie},
{ingroup}, {inner circle}, {pack}, {camp}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ CLIQUE
clique
A {maximal} {totally connected} {subgraph}.
Given a {graph} with {nodes} N, a clique C is a {subset} of N
where every node in C is directly connected to every other
node in C (i.e. C is totally connected), and C contains all
such nodes (C is maximal). In other words, a clique contains
all, and only, those nodes which are directly connected to all
other nodes in the clique.
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(1996-09-22)