Congeries

//ˈkɒndʒəɹiːz// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A collection or aggregation of disparate items.

    "And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent, till at last Boscovich propounded his theory, that matter is a congeries of mathematical points..."

  2. 2
    a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together wordnet

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aggregateaccumulationacervationadditionaffiliationagglomerate

Example

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"All bodies are regarded by the physicist as a congeries of atoms."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congeriēs (“a heap, mass, pile”), from congerō (“to carry together, heap”).

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