Agglomeration

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agglomeration \Ag*glom`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. agglom['e]ration.]
     1. The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping
        together.
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              An excessive agglomeration of turrets. --Warton.


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     2. State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agglomeration
       n 1: a jumbled collection or mass
       2: the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  134 Moby Thesaurus words for "agglomeration":
     Anschluss, accretion, accumulation, acervation, addition,
     adherence, adhesion, affiliation, agglomerate, agglutination,
     aggregate, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation,
     amassment, articulation, assimilation, association, blend,
     blending, bond, bracketing, breccia, bunch, cabal, cartel,
     centralization, chunk, cling, clinging, clot, clotting, cluster,
     clustering, coagulation, coalescence, coalition, coherence,
     cohesion, cohesiveness, collection, colluvies, combination,
     combine, combo, communication, compaction, composition,
     concatenation, concourse, concrete, concretion, concurrence,
     condensation, confederacy, confederation, confluence, congealment,
     congelation, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration,
     conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy,
     convergence, copulation, coupling, cumulation, ecumenism,
     embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation,
     fusion, gathering, glomeration, gob, hoard, hookup, hunk,
     inclusion, incorporation, inseparability, integration,
     intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining,
     jointure, junction, junta, knotting, league, liaison, linkage,
     linking, lump, marriage, mass, meeting, meld, melding, merger,
     merging, package, package deal, pairing, set, snowball,
     solidification, splice, sticking, stockpile, symbiosis, syncretism,
     syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, trove,
     unification, union, wad, wedding, yoking