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aggregateTo gather, collect or assemble. For example, "to aggregate data" means to gather separate sets of data. As a noun, "aggregate data" is data that has been collected from two or more sources. See content aggregator. aggregate 1. (of fruits and flowers) composed of a dense cluster of carpels or florets 2. Geology a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals 3. a group of closely related biotypes produced by apomixis, such as brambles, which are the Rubus fruticosus aggregate aggregate [′ag·rə·gət] (botany) Referring to fruit formed in a cluster, from a single flower, such as raspberry, or from several flowers, such as pineapple. (chemistry) A group of atoms or molecules that are held together in any way, for example, a micelle. (geology) A collection of soil grains or particles gathered into a mass. (materials) The natural sands, gravels, and crushed stone used for mixing with cementing material in making mortars and concretes. 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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, can easily reconstruct in their minds the aggregate of edifices to which it belonged, and find again entire in it the ancient Gothic place of the fifteenth century. By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community. The steamship lines were carrying Americans out of the various ports of the country at the rate of four or five thousand a week in the aggregate. |
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