aggregation

[ag-ri-gey-shuh n]

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noun

a group or mass of distinct or varied things, persons, etc.: an aggregation of complainants.

collection into an unorganized whole.

the state of being so collected.

Biology, Ecology. a group of organisms of the same or different species living closely together but less integrated than a society.

RELATED WORDS

aggregate, gathering, all

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Origin of aggregation

1540–50; < Medieval Latin aggregātiōn- (stem of aggregātiō); see aggregate, -ion

Related formsag·gre·ga·tion·al, adjectivere·ag·gre·ga·tion, nounsub·ag·gre·ga·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for aggregation

The Roots now preside from a large, wooden bandstand, the aggregation having grown slightly in size.
Jimmy Fallon’s Brilliant ‘Tonight Show’ Debut|Tom Shales|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Six Degrees of Aggregation Michael Shapiro, Columbia Journalism Review How The Huffington Post ate the internet.
The Week’s Best Longreads: The Daily Beast Picks for April 21, 2012|David Sessions|April 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Aggregation lives on the Cheat Sheet, the video player, and in the breaking news slot in the first big box.
The Daily Beast Turns 2!|Tina Brown|October 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But the site seems to be cranking out its own articles and now the aggregation is complementary.
The Daily Beast Turns 2!|Tina Brown|October 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST

In an aggregation of men such as manned the prairie schooners of thirty odd years ago there were some very peculiar characters.
Thirty Years on the Frontier|Robert McReynolds
A few thousand Bulgarian invaders would be a mere drop in the bucket of such an aggregation of men.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899|Various
The two atoms are joined by others:an aggregation is formed.
Eureka:|Edgar A. Poe
In fact, and in the view of the men who composed it, it was an aggregation of families.
Ancient Law|Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
No aggregation of criminals has ever threatened the security of the Church, or even disturbed its serenity.
A Grammar of Freethought|Chapman Cohen

British Dictionary definitions for aggregation

aggregation

noun

the act or process of aggregating

ecology dispersion in which the individuals of a species are closer together than if they were randomly dispersed

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Word Origin and History for aggregation

aggregation

early 15c., from Middle French agrégation or directly from Medieval Latin aggregationem (nominative aggregatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin aggregare (see aggregate (adj.)).

Medicine definitions for aggregation

aggregation

[ăg′rĭ-gā′shən]

n.

A massing together or clustering of independent but similar units, such as particles, parts, or bodies.