aggregate

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[edit] Etymology

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’”).

[edit] Pronunciation 1

• AHD: ă'grĭgət, IPA: /ˈæɡrɪɡət/, SAMPA: /"{grIg@t/
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[edit] Noun

aggregate (plural aggregates)

1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
2. A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
3. (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
4. (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
5. 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)

[edit] See also

• twelve tone technique
• serialism

[edit] References

• aggregate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 6.

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[edit] Adjective

aggregate (comparative more aggregate, superlative most aggregate)

1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up
2. consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
3. Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
4. Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
5. Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
6. United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.

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[edit] Pronunciation 2

• AHD: ă'grĭgāt, IPA: /ˈæɡrɪɡeɪt/, SAMPA: /"{grIgeIt/
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[edit] Verb

to aggregate (third-person singular simple present aggregates, present participle aggregating, simple past and past participle aggregated)

1. (transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. The aggregated soil.
2. (transitive) To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
3. (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

aggregate

1. Second-person plural present tense of aggregare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of aggregare.
3. Feminine plural of aggregato.