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| clique | |
| 1. n. A small, exclusive group of individuals; a cabal. |  |
| This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques. | |
| 2. n. (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph. | |
| The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete. | |
| 3. n. (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot. | |
