aggregation
NounUS[ag-ruh-gey-shuhn]/ˌæɡrəˈɡeɪʃən/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- several things grouped together or considered as a wholeSynonyms: collectionaccumulationassemblageType of group, groupingKinds data, law, class, assortment, set, combination, pile, package, traffic, mass +80 moreExamples Biblical Magi, Nag Hammadi
- the act of gathering something togetherSynonyms: collectioncollectingassemblingType of groupingKinds compilation, gather, agglomeration, tax collection, numismatics, pickup, philately, bottle collection, conchology, collation
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ag′gre·ga′tion (…), noun
Origin: Cf. LL. aggregatio, F. agrégation.
The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.
Each genus is made up by aggregation of species.— William Benjamin Carperter
A nation is not an idea only of local extent and individual momentary aggregation, but... of continuity, which extends in time as well as in numbers, and in space.— Edmund Burke
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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aggregation
<programming> A composition technique for building a new object from one or more existing objects that support some or all of the new object's required interfaces.
(1996-01-07)