clique

camarilla, grupito

Grupo pequeño de personas que pasan tiempo juntas y normalmente excluyen a los demás.

En inglés sencillo: A small group of people who spend time together and usually keep others out.

• She never belonged to a clique.
• A small clique controlled the club.
• The school cliques made new students feel unwelcome.

Sinónimos: closed circle, in-group

Expresiones frecuentes: exclusive clique, school clique, join a clique

clique, subgrafo completo

Grupo de puntos de una red matemática donde cada punto está conectado directamente con todos los demás.

En inglés sencillo: A group of points in a mathematical network where every point is directly connected to every other point.

• These four vertices form a clique.
• The algorithm searches for the largest clique.
• A graph may contain several overlapping cliques.

Sinónimos: complete subgraph

Expresiones frecuentes: maximum clique, maximal clique, clique size

formar un grupo cerrado

Formar un grupo pequeño de personas que excluye a los demás.

En inglés sencillo: To form a small group with people who keep others out.

• They clique together at school.
• The senior members cliqued with one another.
• Why do these students clique with only their closest friends?

Cómo se usa: clique with someone (Some students clique with people from their own town.)

Sinónimos: form a clique

Expresiones frecuentes: clique with someone, clique together