aggregation — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of collecting together, of aggregating.

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2. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or (aggregated) sum.

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3. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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4. Summarizing multiple routes into one route.

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5. The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.

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6. Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.

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

7. A component of natural language generation that entails combining syntactic elements.

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Noun

1. several things grouped together or considered as a whole

   Synonyms

   collectionaccumulationassemblage

   Broader terms

   groupgrouping

2. the act of gathering something together

   Synonyms

   collectioncollectingassembling

   Broader terms

   grouping