noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of collecting together, of aggregating. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the act of gathering something together wordnet
3. 3
   The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or (aggregated) sum. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   several things grouped together or considered as a whole wordnet
5. 5
   A collection of particulars; an aggregate. countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   Summarizing multiple routes into one route. countable, uncountable
7. 7
   The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population. countable, uncountable
8. 8
   Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership. countable, uncountable

   "The difference between an association and an aggregation is entirely conceptual and is focused strictly on semantics."

9. 9
   A component of natural language generation that entails combining syntactic elements. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

collectionaccumulationaccumulationacervationadditionaffiliation

Antonyms

All antonyms

disaggregationdisgregationentropy

Example

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"A nibble is a data aggregation that comprises 4 bits, also called a half-byte, tetrade or quartet."

Etymology

From Latin aggregātiō, from aggregō (“aggregate”).

Related phrases

aggregation numberbootstrap aggregationstate of aggregation

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