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ag⋅glom⋅er⋅a⋅tion

[uh-glom-uh-rey-shuhn]
–noun
1. a jumbled cluster or mass of varied parts.
2. the act or process of agglomerating.

Origin:
1765–75; agglomerate + -ion


1. jumble, conglomeration, aggregation, conglomerate, agglomerate, aggregate.
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ag·glom·er·a·tion   (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).

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