agglomeration

English

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From LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#AGGLOMERATIONCategory:English terms derived from Latin#AGGLOMERATION agglomerātiō.[1] By surface analysis, agglomerate +‎ -ionCategory:English terms suffixed with -ion#AGGLOMERATION.

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Noun

agglomeration (countable and uncountable, plural agglomerations)Category:English lemmas#AGGLOMERATIONCategory:English nouns#AGGLOMERATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#AGGLOMERATIONCategory:English countable nouns#AGGLOMERATIONCategory:English countable nouns#AGGLOMERATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AGGLOMERATIONCategory:Pages with entries#AGGLOMERATIONCategory:Pages with 1 entry#AGGLOMERATION

  1. The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
  2. State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
  3. (geographyCategory:en:Geography#AGGLOMERATION) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
  4. (geologyCategory:en:Geology#AGGLOMERATION) A mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.

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  1. ↑ “agglomeration, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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