aggregation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

aggregation (plural aggregations)

1. The act of collecting together (aggregating).
2. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
3. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
4. (networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
5. (epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
6. (object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
   • 2002, Kirk Knoernschild, edited by Addison-Wesley Professional, Java Design: Objects, UML, and Process‎^[1]:

     The difference between an association and an aggregation is entirely conceptual and is focused strictly on semantics.

Antonyms

• disgregation

Translations

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated

• Finnish: yhdistäminen (fi), kokoaminen (fi), koostaminen
• French: agrégation (fr) f, aggrégation (fr) f (archaic)
• Interlingue:
• Persian: تجمع (fa) (tajamo')
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• Portuguese: agregação f
• Romanian: agregare (ro) f
• Russian: скопле́ние (ru) n (skoplénije), собира́ние (ru) n (sobiránije)
• Swedish: aggregering c

collection into a mass or sum

• Finnish: yhdistäminen (fi), kokoaminen (fi), koostaminen
• Interlingue:
• Portuguese: agregação f
• Romanian: agregare (ro) f
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• Russian: объедине́ние (ru) n (obʺjedinénije)
• Swedish: aggregering c

a collection of particulars

• Armenian: զանգված (hy) (zangvac)
• French: ar (fr) m, agrégation (fr) f, aggrégation (fr) f (archaic)
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• Interlingue:
• Swedish: aggregering c

an aggregate

• Armenian: զանգված (hy) (zangvac)
• Finnish: keräymä, aggregaatti (fi), kooste (fi)
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• Russian: агрега́т (ru) m (agregát)
• Swedish: aggregering c, aggregat (sv) n

summarizing multiple routes into one route

• Finnish: kooste (fi)
• Russian: агрега́ция (ru) f (agregácija)
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• Swedish: aggregering c

Object-oriented programming

• French: agrégation (fr)
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