conglomeration

[ kuhn-glom-uh-rey-shuhn, kuhng- ]

noun

1. the act of conglomerating; the state of being conglomerated.
2. a cohering mass; cluster.

   Synonyms: conglomerate, aggregation, aggregate, agglomeration

3. a heterogeneous combination:

   a conglomeration of ideas.

   Synonyms: conglomerate, aggregation, aggregate, agglomeration

Other Words From

• con·glom·er·a·tive [k, uh, n-, glom, -er-, uh, -tiv, -, uh, -rey-tiv, k, uh, ng-], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conglomeration¹

1620–30; < Late Latin conglomerātiōn- (stem of conglomerātiō ), equivalent to conglomerāt ( us ) conglomerate + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

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.

From Science News

It looks, in many respects, like a conglomeration R2-D2 from Star Wars, a remote control toy tank, and a hide-a-key rock.

From Popular-Science

When 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.

From Singularity Hub 

These groups can grow into ever-larger conglomerations, potentially hundreds of millions strong, that cross continents and destroy crops.

From Science News

The disorder has become something greater than itself, than its literal meaning, a conglomeration of symptoms rooted in trauma.

From The Daily Beast

It was furnished in a manner that would have delighted a connoisseur, but Elizabeth did not admire the conglomeration.

From Project Gutenberg

And these examples prove that bodies are nothing but a conglomeration of molecules.

From Project Gutenberg

The conglomeration of personalities effaces the identity alike of the statesman and the artist, the savant and the cyprian.

From Project Gutenberg

He sat and gazed in blank dismay at the odd conglomeration on the plate that Frank had passed to him.

From Project Gutenberg

The huge conglomeration of sights and sounds made an unforgettable impression upon her.

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Related Words

• agglomeration
• aggregation
• mishmash