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Aggregation

//æɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən// noun

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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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  1. 6
    Summarizing multiple routes into one route. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population. countable, uncountable
  3. 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."

  4. 9
    A component of natural language generation that entails combining syntactic elements. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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