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AGGREGATION
collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
(noun) the act of gathering something together
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
aggregation (plural aggregations)
The act of collecting together (aggregating).
The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
(networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
(epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
(object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
Antonyms
• disgregation
Source: Wiktionary
Ag`gre*ga"tion, n. [Cf. LL. aggregatio, F. agrégation.]
Definition: 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. Carpenter.
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. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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