the act of forming into a rounded mass; agglomeration or conglomeration
2.
something formed into a rounded mass; cluster
Word origin
L glomeratio < glomeratus: see glomerate
glomeration in American English
(ˌɡlɑməˈreiʃən)
noun
1.
a glomerate condition; conglomeration
2.
a glomerate mass
Word origin
[1620–30; glomerate + -ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acid, clinic, contact, headline, phosphorus-ion is a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, usedin Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion)