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agglomeration [ə‚gläm·ə′rā·shən] (food engineering) A technique that combines powdered material to form larger, more soluble particles by intermingling in a humid atmosphere. (metallurgy) Conversion of small pieces of low-grade iron ore into larger lumps by application of heat. (meteorology) The process in which particles grow by collision with and assimilation of cloud particles or other precipitation particles. Also known as coagulation. (science and technology) An indiscriminately formed cluster of particles. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| There are no features to this land, no conspicuous, far-famed landmarks for the eye; there is nothing so far down to tell you of the greatest agglomeration of mankind on earth dwelling no more than five and twenty miles away, where the sun sets in a blaze of colour flaming on a gold background, and the dark, low shores trend towards each other. In reality, it was an infinite agglomeration of coloured infusoria, of veritable globules of jelly, provided with a threadlike tentacle, and of which as many as twenty-five thousand have been counted in less than two cubic half-inches of water. The ether, my friend, is an agglomeration of imponderable atoms, which, relatively to their dimensions, are as far removed from each other as the celestial bodies are in space. |
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