conglomerationn.
/kənˌɡlɒməˈreɪʃən/ 1. The action of conglomerating, or condition of being conglomerated.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > agglomeration or conglomeration
congregationc1374
conglomeration1626
glomeration1626
agglomeration1661
club1664
consolidationa1676
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §267 The Multiplication and Conglomeration of Sounds.
1842 R. H. Barham Auto-da-fé Introd., in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 61 The conglomeration of Christian names usual in the families of the haute noblesse of Spain.
2. quasi-concrete.† a. A coil or ball (of thread or the like).
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > spherical or globular mass
clewc897
ballc1275
conglobation1646
conglomeration1662
1662 H. More Immortality of Soul (ed. 2) iii. xiii. 201, in Coll. Several Philos. Writings These Conglomerations of the threads of the Silk-worm.
b. A collection of things joined in a compact body; a cluster, coherent mass.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles
aggregatea1425
aggregation1547
concentration1606
compositure1632
collective1655
conglomeration1697
agglutination1743
1697 T. P. Blount Ess. 114 Nothing but a Conglomeration of Vessels.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 105/2 I have..taken from the water a large conglomeration of male frogs.
1859 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 2 June in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vii. 539 A confused..conglomeration of buildings.
1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. ii. 73 That conglomeration of men we call a nation.
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