Aggregatory
formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole m-ss or sum; total; combined:
the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
botany.
(of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cl-ster but not cohering, as the daisy.
(of a fruit) composed of a cl-ster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the raspberry.
geology. (of a rock) consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.
a sum, m-ss, or -ssemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount:
the aggregate of all past experience.
a cl-ster of soil granules not larger than a small crumb.
any of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc.
mathematics, (def 92).
to bring together; collect into one sum, m-ss, or body.
to amount to (the number of):
the guns captured will aggregate five or six hundred.
to combine and form a collection or m-ss.
in the aggregate, taken or considered as a whole:
in the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small.
adjective (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt; -ˌɡeɪt)
formed of separate units collected into a whole; collective; corporate
(of fruits and flowers) composed of a dense cl-ster of carpels or florets
noun (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt; -ˌɡeɪt)
a sum or -ssemblage of many separate units; sum total
(geology) a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals
the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete
a group of closely related biotypes produced by apomixis, such as brambles, which are the rubus fruticosus aggregate
in the aggregate, taken as a whole
verb (ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt)
to combine or be combined into a body, etc
(transitive) to amount to (a number)
adj.
c.1400, from latin aggregatus “-ssociated,” literally “united in a flock,” past participle of aggregare “add to (a flock), lead to a flock, bring together (in a flock),” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + gregare “herd” (see gregarious).
v.
c.1400, from latin aggregatum, neuter past participle of aggregare (see aggregate (adj.)). related: aggregated; aggregating.
n.
“number of persons, things, etc., regarded as a unit,” early 15c., from noun use of latin adjective aggregatum, neuter of aggregatus (see aggregate (adj.)).
aggregate ag·gre·gate (āg’rĭ-gĭt)
adj.
crowded or m-ssed into a dense cl-ster. n.
a total considered with reference to its const-tuent parts; a gross amount in a m-ss or cl-ster. v. ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing, ag·gre·gates (-gāt’)
to gather into a m-ss, sum, or whole.
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