Agglomeration

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating wordnet
  3. 3
    State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a jumbled collection or mass wordnet
  5. 5
    An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin agglomerātiō. By surface analysis, agglomerate + -ion.

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