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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