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Synonyms
1. jumble, conglomeration, aggregation, conglomerate, agglomerate, aggregate.
1. jumble, conglomeration, aggregation, conglomerate, agglomerate, aggregate.
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Agglomeration
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So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
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Example Sentences
- Other essays in the volume focus on the changing nature of agglomeration economies.
- When transportation costs were higher, there were huge advantages to industrial agglomeration.
- It was an agglomeration of the absurd with a dash of arcane astronomical fright.
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World English Dictionary
| agglomerate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to form or be formed into a mass or cluster; collect |
| —n | |
| 2. | a confused mass |
| 3. | Compare conglomerate a rock consisting of angular fragments of volcanic lava |
| —adj | |
| 4. | formed into a mass |
| [C17: from Latin agglomerāre, from glomerāre to wind into a ball, from glomus ball, mass] | |
| agglomer'ation | |
| —n | |
| ag'glomerative | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
agglomeration
1774, "action of collecting in a mass," from L. agglomerationem (nom. agglomeratio), noun of action from pp. stem of agglomerare (see agglomerate). Meaning a mass so formed is recorded from 1833.
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