aggregate

aggregate n 1 *sum, total, whole, number, amount, quantity

Antonyms: individual: particular

2 Aggregate, aggregation, conglomerate, conglomeration, agglomerate, agglomeration denote a mass formed by parts or particles that are not merged into each other.

Aggregate and aggregation imply the formation of a whole but without the blending of its constituents

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sandstone is a natural aggregate of quartz and a cementing substance (as silica or iron oxide)

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we have no communities. Our villages even are apt, rather, to be aggregations— Brownell

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Conglomerate and conglomeration emphasize the heterogeneousness of the components and often suggest their assemblage from a wide variety of sources; sometimes either is applied to a heap of things, sometimes to an aggregate in which the parts are clearly distinguishable

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pantheism is generally a conglomerate of animism, poetical fancy, and mysticism— lnge

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that conglomeration of men we call a nation— Liddon

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Agglomerate and agglomeration in general use seldom imply coherence of parts; they suggest either a huddling together or often a fortuitous association

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a mere agglomeration of different races, without national unity, national aims— Page

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In geology agglomerate designates a rock aggregate composed of irregularly shaped fragments scattered by volcanic explosions as distinguished from conglomerate, an aggregate composed of rounded, waterworn stones.

Analogous words: union, *unity, integrity: unification, consolidation (see corresponding verbs at COMPACT): complex, *system, organism, network

Antonyms: constituent