English Explanatory Dictionary

agglomeration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
  2. State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
  3. An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
  4. A mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-agglomeration.wav

Word forms

agglomeration agglomerations

Etymology

From Latin agglomerātiō. By surface analysis, agglomerate + -ion.

Derived words

agglomerational deagglomeration disagglomeration heteroagglomeration homoagglomeration reagglomeration wiglomeration

Translations

Bulgarian: струпване Bulgarian: натрупване Chinese Mandarin: 結塊 /结块 Czech: aglomerace Dutch: agglomeratie Esperanto: aglomero Finnish: agglomeraatio French: agglomération German: Sammlung Hebrew: הִתְגַּיְּשׁוּת Indonesian: aglomerasi Polish: aglomeracja Portuguese: aglomeração Romanian: aglomerație Russian: агломера́ция Russian: спека́ние Russian: скопле́ние Serbo-Croatian: aglomeracija Spanish: aglomeración Swedish: hopgyttring
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