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Webster 1913 Edition


Aggregation

Agˊgre-ga′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. LL.
aggregatio
, F.
agrégation
.]
The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.
Each genus is made up by
aggregation
of species.
Carpenter.
A nation is not an idea only of local extent and individual momentary
aggregation
, but . . . of continuity, which extends in time as well as in numbers, and in space.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aggregation

AGGREGA'TION

,
Noun.
1.
The act of aggregating; the state of being collected into a sum or mass; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.
2.
In chimistry, the affinity of aggregation, is the power which causes homogeneous bodies to tend towards each other, and to cohere; and from a mixture, which consists of parts dissimilar in their nature. The word is used of solid, fluid, or aeriform bodies.
3.
The union and coherence of bodies of the same nature.

Definition 2024


aggregation

aggregation

English

Noun

aggregation (plural aggregations)

  1. The act of collecting together (aggregating).
  2. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
  3. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
  4. (networking) summarizing multiple routes into one route.
  5. (epidemiology) the majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
  6. (object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
    The difference between an association and an aggregation is entirely conceptual and is focused strictly on semantics. Kirk Knoernschild (2002), Addison-Wesley Professional, editor, Java Design: Objects, UML, and Process
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