When the pattern is entirely random R = 1, if the events are uniform then R > 1 (R = 2.149 for a perfect hexagonal uniform distribution) and conversely when the population of events is clumped R < 1 (R approaches 0 for maximally clumped distributions).
This idea solves several puzzles, the most pertinent being why matter is clumped together, rather than spread uniformly as a thin gas.
The material within the clouds is clumped together on all size scales, with some clouds ranging down to the masses of individual stars.
The first thing you see when you look at the sky is that matter is clumped," It's clumped into galaxies and the galaxies are clumped into clusters, and there are clusters of clusters.
Updated at 9.14am GMT 9.03am GMT 5th over: Australia 27-0 (White 15, Finch 10) Bresnan replaces Broad and his second ball is clumped hard by Finch, making room - to Jordan, at short midwicket.
What's left of the snow is clumped in dirty piles, and the film crew has scraped together enough to make a crude jump so that Lexi can soar from the steep front yard of a fancy lakefront house over a fence and down to the beach.
