aggregate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin aggregātus, perfect passive participle of aggregō (“I flock together”), from ag-, combining form of ad (“to, toward”), + gregō (“I flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious.
Pronunciation [edit]
- Noun and Adjective
- Verb
Noun [edit]
aggregate (plural aggregates)
- A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- (mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
- (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
- 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. (technical)
Translations [edit]
a mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars
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a mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles
the full chromatic or the set of all twelve pitch classes
solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 6.
Adjective [edit]
aggregate (comparative more aggregate, superlative most aggregate)
- Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up
- Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
- Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
- aggregate glands.
- (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.
- Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
- United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
Translations [edit]
Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum
consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts
Formed into clusters or groups of lobules
Composed of several florets within a common involucre
Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means
United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals
Verb [edit]
aggregate (third-person singular simple present aggregates, present participle aggregating, simple past and past participle aggregated)
- (transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
- The aggregated soil.
- (transitive) To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
- (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.
- ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.
Translations [edit]
To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum
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To add or unite, as, a person, to an association
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To amount in the aggregate to
References [edit]
- aggregate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
aggregate
- second-person plural present indicative of aggregare
- second-person plural imperative of aggregare
- Feminine plural of aggregato
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
aggregāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of aggregō
