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
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.
• 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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
