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aggregate | |
1. n. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole. | |
2. n. A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. | |
3. n. (mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects). | |
4. n. (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches. | |
5. n. (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores | |
6. n. (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system. | |
7. n. Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete. | |
8. n. (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being. | |
9. adj. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up. | |
10. adj. Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts. | |
11. adj. Formed into clusters or groups of lobules. | |
aggregate glands | |
12. adj. (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry. | |
13. adj. Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means. | |
14. adj. United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals. | |
15. v. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. | |
The aggregated soil. | |
16. v. (archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association. | |
17. v. To amount in the aggregate to. | |
There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. | |