Meaning of CONGLOMERATION
| Pronunciation: | | kun`glâmu'reyshun
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- [n] an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass
- [n] a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
- [n] a rounded spherical form
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| | Synonyms: | | aggregate, congeries, conglobation, conglobation |
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| | See Also: | | combine, combining, nekton, plankton, sphere, sum, sum total, summation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*glom`er*a"tion\, n. [L. conglomeratio: cf.
F. conglomeration.]
The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of
being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is
conglomerated; a mixed mass. --Bacon.
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| | Related Terms: | | accretion, accumulation, acervation, addition, adherence, adhesion, affiliation, agglomerate, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregate, aggregation, agreement, all sorts, alliance, amalgamation, amassment, Anschluss, articulation, assemblage, assimilation, association, assortment, blend, blending, block, body, bond, bracketing, breccia, broad spectrum, bunch, cabal, cake, cartel, centralization, chunk, cling, clinging, clot, clotting, clump, cluster, clustering, coagulation, coalescence, coalition, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, collectanea, collection, colluvies, combination, combine, combo, communication, compaction, composition, concatenation, concourse, concrete, concretion, concurrence, condensation, confederacy, confederation, confluence, congealment, congelation, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy, convergence, copulation, coupling, cumulation, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fusion, gallimaufry, gathering, glomeration, gob, hash, hoard, hodgepodge, hookup, hotchpot, hotchpotch, hunk, inclusion, incorporation, inseparability, integration, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining, jointure, jumble, junction, junta, knot, knotting, league, liaison, linkage, linking, lump, magpie, marriage, mash, mass, medley, meeting, melange, meld, melding, merger, merging, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, node, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, package, package deal, pairing, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, set, snowball, solid, solid body, solidification, splice, stew, sticking, stockpile, sundries, symbiosis, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, trove, unification, union, variety, wad, wedding, what you will, yoking |
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