agglomeration (noun)
1agglomeration — agglomerate ► VERB ▪ collect or form into a mass. ► NOUN ▪ a mass or collection of things. DERIVATIVES agglomeration noun. ORIGIN Latin agglomerare add to …
2agglomeration — I noun accumulation, agglomerate, agglutination, aggregate, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, cluster, coagulation, collection, congeries, conglomerate, conglomeration, consolidation, cumulation, glomeration, mass, pile, solidification II index …
3agglomeration — (n.) 1774, action of collecting in a mass, from L. agglomerationem (nom. agglomeratio), noun of action from pp. stem of agglomerare (see AGGLOMERATE (Cf. agglomerate)). In reference to a mass so formed, it is recorded from 1833 …
4agglomeration — noun (C, U) a large collection of things that do not seem to belong together: an agglomeration of facts agglomerate, verb agglomerate /rit/ adjective …
5agglomeration — noun Date: 1774 1. the action or process of collecting in a mass 2. a heap or cluster of usually disparate elements < urban agglomerations knit together by the new railways Times Literary Supplement > • agglomerative adjectiv …
6agglomeration — noun a) The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together. b) State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster …
7agglomeration — noun 1. a jumbled collection or mass (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑collection, ↑aggregation, ↑accumulation, ↑assemblage • Hyponyms: ↑bunch, ↑clump, ↑ …
8agglomeration — UK [əˌɡlɒməˈreɪʃ(ə)n] / US [əˌɡlɑməˈreɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms agglomeration : singular agglomeration plural agglomerations formal a large group of different things …
9agglomeration — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. heap, jumble, mass, pile, gathering, collection, cluster. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A group of things gathered haphazardly: bank1, cumulus, drift, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock2, stack,… …
10agglomeration — ag|glom|er|a|tion [ ə,glamə reıʃn ] noun count or uncount a large group of different things …
