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agglomeration
ag·glom·er·a·tion A0139900 (ə-glŏm′ə-rā′shən)n.1. The act or process of gathering into a mass.2. A confused or jumbled mass: "To avoid the problems of large urban agglomerations, the state decentralized the university system" (Bickley Townsend).ag•glom•er•a•tion (əˌglɒm əˈreɪ ʃən) n. 1. a jumbled cluster or mass of varied parts. 2. the act or process of agglomerating. [1775] Agglomeration a mass or clump of things gathered together; an unmethodical assemblage; a cluster. See also cluster, conglomerate.Examples: an agglomeration of self-loving beings, 1866; of granite houses, 1859; of turrets, 1774.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | agglomeration - a jumbled collection or massaggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a wholebunch, clump, cluster, clustering - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"chunk, clod, glob, lump, clump, ball - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" | | 2. | agglomeration - the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomeratingassembling, collecting, aggregation, collection - the act of gathering something together |
agglomerationnoun mass, collection, pile, cluster, lump, stack, heap, rick, clump, accumulation The album is a bizarre agglomeration of styles.agglomerationnounA group of things gathered haphazardly:bank, cumulus, drift, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock, stack, tumble.TranslationsAgglomeration
agglomeration[ə‚gläm·ə′rā·shən] (food engineering) A technique that combines powdered material to form larger, more soluble particles by intermingling in a humid atmosphere. (metallurgy) Conversion of small pieces of low-grade iron ore into larger lumps by application of heat. (meteorology) The process in which particles grow by collision with and assimilation of cloud particles or other precipitation particles. Also known as coagulation. (science and technology) An indiscriminately formed cluster of particles. Agglomeration in microbiology the formation of clusters (heaps) of microorganisms in liquids or in tissue as a result of a change in the physical or chemical properties of microbial cells under the influence of immune bodies and the like. agglomerationThe collecting together of tiny suspended particles into a mass of larger size, one which will settle more rapidly.agglomeration
ag·gre·ga·tion (ag-rĕ-gā'shŭn), A crowded mass of independent but similar units; a cluster. Synonym(s): agglomerationagglomeration (1) Aggregation. (2) Agglutination.FinancialSeeAggregationagglomeration
Synonyms for agglomerationnoun massSynonyms- mass
- collection
- pile
- cluster
- lump
- stack
- heap
- rick
- clump
- accumulation
Synonyms for agglomerationnoun a group of things gathered haphazardlySynonyms- bank
- cumulus
- drift
- heap
- hill
- mass
- mess
- mound
- mountain
- pile
- shock
- stack
- tumble
Words related to agglomerationnoun a jumbled collection or massRelated Words- aggregation
- collection
- accumulation
- assemblage
- bunch
- clump
- cluster
- clustering
- chunk
- clod
- glob
- lump
- ball
noun the act of collecting in a massRelated Words- assembling
- collecting
- aggregation
- collection
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