Shlukují

Shlukují is a Czech verb form meaning “they cluster” or “they group together.” It is the third-person plural present tense of the imperfective verb shlukovat, which denotes the ongoing or repeated action of forming clusters or lumps. The related forms include shlukuje (he/she/it clusters), shlukuješ (you singular cluster), and the noun shlukování, meaning clustering or the process of forming clusters.

The word is built from the noun shluk, meaning a lump or clump, with the productive Czech verbal suffix -ovat, which yields the verb shlukovat (to cluster, to lump together). The related adjective is shlukový (cluster-related). In scientific and technical Czech, shlukování is commonly used to refer to clustering processes in data analysis, biology, chemistry, and physics; shlukovací algoritmy denote clustering algorithms.

In usage, shlukují appears when the subject is plural and performing clustering in the present tense. Examples include: Buňky se shlukují ve skupiny během vývoje. (Cells cluster into groups during development.) Data analysis: Samotné záznamy se shlukují podle podobnosti charakteristik. (The records cluster according to similarity of characteristics.) The term is widely understood in both everyday and technical Czech, and it often appears in discussions of pattern formation, population dynamics, and data segmentation.

See also: shluk, shlukování, shlukovací algoritmus.