A number of metal centres grouped close together which can have
direct metal bonding interactions or interactions through a
bridging ligand, but are not necessarily held together by these interactions.
Source:
PAC, 1997, 69, 1251
(Glossary of terms used in bioinorganic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1997))
on page 1265
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