conglomeration
the act of conglomerating; the state of being conglomerated.
a cohering mass; cluster.
a heterogeneous combination: a conglomeration of ideas.
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- con·glom·er·a·tive [kuhn-glom-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv, kuhng-], /kənˈglɒm ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv, kəŋ-/, adjective
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How to use conglomeration in a sentence
That evidence includes tiny chunks of partially charred plants — including charcoal as identified by its microstructure — as well as conglomerations of charcoal and associated minerals embedded within fossilized hunks of Prototaxites fungi.
Earth’s oldest known wildfires raged 430 million years ago | Sid Perkins | June 24, 2022 | Science NewsIt looks, in many respects, like a conglomeration R2-D2 from Star Wars, a remote control toy tank, and a hide-a-key rock.
Meet the ‘Spy Stone,’ a Russian robot disguised as a rock | Kelsey D. Atherton | December 3, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhen a bright “pump” laser is shone onto the device, photons from its beam couple with the material to create a conglomeration of quasiparticles known as a Bose-Einstein condensate, a collection of particles that behaves like a single atom.
New Optical Switch Is Up to 1,000 Times Faster Than Silicon Transistors | Edd Gent | November 1, 2021 | Singularity HubThese groups can grow into ever-larger conglomerations, potentially hundreds of millions strong, that cross continents and destroy crops.
A single molecule may entice normally solitary locusts to form massive swarms | Jonathan Lambert | August 12, 2020 | Science NewsThe disorder has become something greater than itself, than its literal meaning, a conglomeration of symptoms rooted in trauma.
Possessed by PTSD, A Veteran Uses Exorcisms to Cast Out His Demons | Brian Van Reet | February 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was furnished in a manner that would have delighted a connoisseur, but Elizabeth did not admire the conglomeration.
A Little Girl in Old Salem | Amanda Minnie DouglasAnd these examples prove that bodies are nothing but a conglomeration of molecules.
In Search of a Son | William Shepard WalshThe conglomeration of personalities effaces the identity alike of the statesman and the artist, the savant and the cyprian.
Marse Henry (Vol. 2) | Henry WattersonHe sat and gazed in blank dismay at the odd conglomeration on the plate that Frank had passed to him.
Bart Keene's Hunting Days | Allen ChapmanThe huge conglomeration of sights and sounds made an unforgettable impression upon her.
North of Fifty-Three | Bertrand W. Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for conglomeration
/ (kənˌɡlɒməˈreɪʃən) /
a conglomerate mass
a mass of miscellaneous things
the act of conglomerating or the state of being conglomerated
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