agglomeration
nounEtymology From Latin agglomerātiō. By surface analysis, agglomerate + -ion.
1
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
2
A state of being collected in a mass; a mass; a cluster.
3
Geography, Natural sciences An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
- Derived terms
- agglomerational, deagglomeration, disagglomeration, heteroagglomeration, homoagglomeration, reagglomeration, wiglomeration