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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins);

2. the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining;

3. the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated;
[syn: agglutination, agglutinating activity]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Agglutination \Ag*glu`ti*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. agglutination.]
   1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance;
      the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with
      little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See
      Agglutinative, 2.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

agglutination
    n 1: a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by
         antibodies (agglutinins)
    2: the building of words from component morphemes that retain
       their form and meaning in the process of combining
    3: the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in
       solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
       [syn: agglutination, agglutinating activity]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

91 Moby Thesaurus words for "agglutination":
   accession, accretion, addition, adherence, adhesion, adjunct,
   adjunction, affixation, agglomeration, aggregation, annexation,
   articulation, attachment, augmentation, bond, bracketing, cling,
   clinging, clotting, clumping, clustering, coagulation, coherence,
   cohesion, cohesiveness, combination, communication, compaction,
   compression, concatenation, concentration, concourse, concretion,
   concurrence, condensation, confluence, congealment, congelation,
   congeries, conglobation, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction,
   connection, consolidation, convergence, copulation, coupling,
   densification, gathering, hardening, hookup, increase,
   inseparability, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking,
   joinder, joining, jointure, junction, juxtaposition, knotting,
   liaison, linkage, linking, marriage, meeting, merger, merging,
   pairing, prefixation, reinforcement, set, solidification, splice,
   sticking, suffixation, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction,
   superposition, supplementation, symbiosis, tie, tie-in, tie-up,
   unification, union, uniting, yoking