aggregatedadj.
/ˈaɡrᵻɡeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈæɡrəˌɡeɪdᵻd/ 1. Gathered into one whole; assembled, collected; collective.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > collected into one mass or body
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consolidate1531
contracted1609
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congregate1626
consolidateda1850
1615 T. Jackson Justifying Faith vi. 32 Vnto some great Diuines it seemes improbable, if not impossible, that faith being no aggregated accident, but one pure, immixt, simple quality, should haue it seate in two diuers subiects or mansions.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vii. 26 The authoritie or aggregated testimony of many hundreds.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 294 The aggregated Soyle Death with his Mace petrific, cold and dry, As with a Trident smote. View more context for this quotation
1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 1 When by this means an aggregated number swelled to too great a magnitude..they were compelled to seek for remoter helps by commerce.
1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 61 Part of the aggregated guilt of rebellion.
1838 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 22 293 Solid carbonic acid is of a perfect whiteness, and of a soft and spongy texture, very like slightly moistened and aggregated snow.
1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants iii. 47 The aggregated masses in many of the cells were re-dissolved.
1935 B. Wootton Plan or No Plan i. 47 The big picture revealed by the statistician and the economist is the aggregated result of these decisions.
2005 Wired Dec. 120/1 A compressed type of carbon, the aggregated diamond nanorod is the hardest material the human race has ever made.
2. Botany. = aggregate adj. 3.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > formed into an inflorescence
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capitated1682
coronated1682
capitate1687
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Aggregated Flower.
1775 J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Generic & Specific Descr. Brit. Plants 32 The less Venus's looking-glass..with..oblong crenated leaves, aggregated cups, longer than the corolla and prismatic capsules.
1821 W. J. Hooker Flora Scotica i. 161 Fruit of several, large, dull orange-coloured, aggregated drupes, of an agreable flavour.
1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 180 Scabiosa is another genus.., consisting of coarse, hardy plants with aggregated flowers.
1922 P. A. Rydberg Flora of Rocky Mountains 28 Achenes densely aggregated in globular heads, flat and often wing-margined.
1977 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 64 583/2 Subsection Polyanthes includes three Cuban species... All have aggregated flower heads with reduced bracteal leaves.
2001 N. A. van der Cingel Atlas Orchid Pollination iv. 74/1 The ball-shaped inflorescence with its aggregated flowers functions as a landing platform.
3. Geology. Composed of distinct minerals or particles closely adhering or combined together. Cf. aggregate adj. 4.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [adjective] > aggregate
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1791 Crit. Rev. 3 511 In the first are three genera, distinguished by the predominance of a calcareous argillaceous, or siliceous base; in the second two genera, the aggregated stones and the breccias.
1823 tr. A. von Humboldt Geognostical Ess. Superposition Rocks 142 Those rocks which appear aggregated (under the form of breccias, or pudding-stones; clastic and arenaceous rocks; [etc.]).
1876 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 17 277 The newly formed serpentine mass polarizes in the same fashion as all aggregated rocks; a new crystal-formation has commenced.
1977 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 286 501 The compositional heterogeneity must be inherited from a stage pre-dating any metamorphism of the aggregated rock.
2007 Let’s go: Thailand 250 Phu Phra Bat Historical Park, famous for its mushroom-like rock towers and caves formed by river erosion of different aggregated rocks.
4. Biology. = aggregate adj. 5. Now rare.In quot. 2010 referring to an artificial organism.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in interrelationship > [adjective] > aggregate or colony
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aggregated1817
coloniala1835
1817 Ann. Philos. 9 225 Class XXII. Polypaëres. A. Simple. B. Aggregated.
1846 R. Patterson Introd. Zool. 27 These Polypes are not separated, but aggregated.
1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 469 It does not seem probable that the phenomenon of aggregated colonies is a prominent feature of coral growth.
2010 P. Levi & S. Kernbach Symbiotic Multi-robot Organisms ii. 92 A communication backbone among the different modules of an aggregated organism is mandatory for self-reconfigurable robots.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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