Agglutination

3 definitions found

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

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {agglutinating activity}]

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

  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