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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Clique \Clique\, n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See {Click},
     v. i.]
     A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or
     for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used
     in a bad sense.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Clique \Clique\, v. i.
     To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with
     others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with
     together.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clique
       n : an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: {coterie},
            {ingroup}, {inner circle}, {pack}, {camp}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  clique
       
          <mathematics> 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.
       
          [Is this correct?]
       
          (1996-09-22)
       
       

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