aggregation
noun/æɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/
Etymology From Latin aggregātiō, from aggregō (“aggregate”).
7 senses
- 1The act of collecting together, of aggregating.
- 2The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or…
- 3A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
- 4Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
- 5The majority of the parasite population concentrated…
- 6Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
- 7A component of natural language generation that entails…
1
The act of collecting together, of aggregating.
2
The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or (aggregated) sum.
3
A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
4
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Networking, Physical sciences, Sciences Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
5
Epidemiology, Medicine, Sciences The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
6
Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
Object-oriented programming
- The difference between an association and an aggregation is entirely conceptual and is focused strictly on semantics.2002, Kirk Knoernschild, edited by Addison-Wesley Professional, Java Design: Objects, UML, and Process:
7
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A component of natural language generation that entails combining syntactic elements.
- Antonyms
- disgregation, disaggregation
- Derived terms
- aggregational, aggregation number, antiaggregation, autoaggregation, bootstrap aggregation, coaggregation, deaggregation, heteroaggregation, homoaggregation, hypoaggregation, immunoaggregation, macroaggregation, microaggregation, misaggregation, nanoaggregation, overaggregation, preaggregation, reaggregation, state of aggregation, superaggregation, thermoaggregation
- Related terms
- gregariousness, gregarization