English Explanatory Dictionary

aggregation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of collecting together, of aggregating.
  2. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or (aggregated) sum.
  3. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
  4. Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
  5. The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
  6. Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
  7. A component of natural language generation that entails combining syntactic elements.

Pronunciation

/æɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aggregation.wav

Word forms

aggregation aggregations

Etymology

From Latin aggregātiō, from aggregō (“aggregate”).

Antonyms

disgregation disaggregation

Related words

gregariousness gregarization

Derived words

aggregational aggregation number antiaggregation autoaggregation bootstrap aggregation coaggregation deaggregation heteroaggregation homoaggregation hypoaggregation immunoaggregation macroaggregation microaggregation misaggregation nanoaggregation overaggregation preaggregation reaggregation state of aggregation superaggregation thermoaggregation

Translations

Finnish: yhdistäminen Finnish: kokoaminen Finnish: koostaminen Polish: agregacja Portuguese: agregação Romanian: agregare Russian: объедине́ние Swedish: aggregering
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