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Webster 1913 Edition
Aggregation
Agˊgre-ga′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. LL.
aggregatio
, F. agrégation
.] The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.
Each genus is made up by
aggregation
of species. Carpenter.
A nation is not an idea only of local extent and individual momentary
aggregation
, but . . . of continuity, which extends in time as well as in numbers, and in space. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aggregation
AGGREGA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of aggregating; the state of being collected into a sum or mass; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.2.
In chimistry, the affinity of aggregation, is the power which causes homogeneous bodies to tend towards each other, and to cohere; and from a mixture, which consists of parts dissimilar in their nature. The word is used of solid, fluid, or aeriform bodies.3.
The union and coherence of bodies of the same nature.