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Webster 1913 Edition
Conglomerate
Con-glom′er-ate
,Adj.
[L.
conglomeratus
, p. p. of conglomerare
to roll together; con-
+ glomerare
to wind into a ball. See Glomerate
.] 1.
Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated;
as,
. conglomerate
rays of lightBeams of light when they are multiplied and
conglomerate
. Bacon.
Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and
conglomerate
glands. Cheyne.
2.
(Bot.)
Closely crowded together; densly clustered;
as,
. conglomerate
flowersGray.
3.
(Geol.)
Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.
Con-glom′er-ate
,Noun.
1.
That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.
A
conglomerate
of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. Trench.
2.
(Geol.)
A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; – opposed to agglomerate. See
Breccia
. A
conglomerate
, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. Lyell.
Con-glom′er-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conglomerated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Conglomerating
.] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conglomerate
CONGLOMERATE
,Adj.
1.
Gathered into a ball or round body. A conglomerate gland is composed of many smaller glands, whose excretory ducts unite in a common one, as the live, kidneys, pancreas, parotids, &c. Each little granulated portion furnishes a small tube, which unites with other similar ducts, to form the common excretory duct of the gland.2.
In botany, conglomerate flowers grow on a branching peduncle or foot stalk, on short pedicles, closely compacted together without order; opposed to diffused.3.
Conglomerate rocks. [See Puddingstone.]CONGLOMERATE
,Verb.
T.
CONGLOMERATE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
conglomerate
conglomerate
English
Noun
conglomerate (plural conglomerates)
- A cluster of heterogeneous things.
- Trench
- A conglomerate of marvellous anecdotes.
- Trench
- (business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.
- (geology) A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.
- Lyell
- A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement.
- Lyell
See also
-
Conglomerate (company) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Conglomerate (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
cluster of heterogeneous things
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corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations
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rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix
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Adjective
conglomerate (comparative more conglomerate, superlative most conglomerate)
- Clustered together into a mass.
- Francis Bacon
- beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate
- Cheyne
- Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands.
- conglomerate flowers
- Francis Bacon
- (geology) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rock, cemented together.
Translations
clustered
|
Verb
conglomerate (third-person singular simple present conglomerates, present participle conglomerating, simple past and past participle conglomerated)
- To combine together into a larger mass.
- (business) To combine together into a larger corporation.
Translations
combine together
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combine into a larger corporation
Italian
Verb
conglomerate
- second-person plural present indicative of conglomerare
- second-person plural imperative of conglomerare
- feminine plural of conglomerato