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aggregation
See accretion.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
aggregation
the process of combining diverse political interests to form a more or less coherent set of policies which can form a political programme. In representative democracies, according to Almond (1953), this function is especially undertaken by POLITICAL PARTIES, whereas the related function of interest articulation is carried out particularly by interest groups and PRESSURE GROUPS.Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000
aggregation
[‚ag·rə′gā·shən] (biology)
A grouping or clustering of separate organisms.
(chemistry)
A process that results in the formation of aggregates.
(fluid mechanics)
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aggregation
(programming)A composition technique for building a new
object from one or more existing objects that support some
or all of the new object's required interfaces.
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