agglomeration
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- noun
- /əˌɡlɑːməˈreɪʃən/
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aglomeración
- A number of scholars have documented Tuareg society as basically an agglomeration of specialists in client-patron relations resulting from successive waves of conquest.
- urban agglomeration
- large agglomeration
They are large agglomerations of provinces.
- They are large agglomerations of provinces.
- All of at at a certain point, you know, there is a, an agglomeration effect and the narrative changes.
- So to get even bigger agglomerations, you had to, as it were, electronically linked two of these together.
Examples
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The period between 1921 and 1947 witnessed the initial stages of agglomeration in the Amman area.
Academic text (1991) -
Generally, the labyrinth is a concept associated with a developed urban agglomeration.
Academic text (2000) -
The cart currently has a wonderful agglomeration of things that I use all the time.
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The system should avoid unnecessary agglomeration of data.
Academic text (2002) -
The population of this expanding urban agglomeration reached 43,331 in 1980.
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It's one of the most captivating archaeological agglomerations in the world.
Blog text (34) -
Humankind increasingly relates to the various stocks and flows of environmental capital through cities and vast urban agglomerations.
Academic text (2005) -
Duisburg is located on the Rhine River and belongs to the Ruhr District, formerly an important agglomeration area in Germany for heavy industries.
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Stockholm was home to what business scholars and economic geographers call an industry cluster, an agglomeration of talent, business infrastructure, and competing firms all swirling around one industry in one place.
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People like to live where there are large agglomerations of people.
Synonyms
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3.5
A large number of people or things gathered in one place
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1.9
The act of gathering things for a particular purpose
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3.5
A time when people or groups join to work together
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1.4
An act of collecting people or things into one place
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3.4
A group of things gathered in one place over time
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2.5
Putting people and things together because they are similar or have the same purpose
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7.0
A meeting where people, ideas, or things come together
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6.1
A group of things joined together as one whole
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5.5
A group of things put together, like parts or materials
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7.4
A group of different things gathered in one place
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4.1
A group of similar things close together
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The joining of separate parts to form one whole
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6.7
A hard mass that forms when loose material is pressed together
Bringing parts or people together to make one whole
Getting and keeping things as a hobby or for a purpose
A pile of things gathered together
Many small things join together into one round mass
Loose minerals or sediments come together to make a hard mass
To join things that were separated back into one group
Separate parts or cells stick together to form one group
Small cells or particles sticking together to form clumps in a liquid like blood
Action that makes small particles or cells stick together into clumps in a liquid
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Morphology
agglomeration = agglomerate (transparent) = agglomerate + ion
Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ion' to 'agglomerate', so the meaning 'a mass or the process of gathering' follows directly from the verb.
Etymology
Agglomeration comes from the Latin word agglomerare, which means 'to form into a ball', and shares the same root as conglomerate. Think of papers or small towns rolled into one clump like a ball, which is why an agglomeration is a mass or group of things gathered together.