Clique

n.	1.	A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; - generally used in a bad sense.
v. i.	1.	To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; - used with together.

Noun

1.

clique - an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose Synonyms: coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp, pack

(mathematics)

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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