glomeration
nounUS /ˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology Latin glomeratio.
1
The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass
2
A conglomeration, mixture, or mass of things, people etc.
- a glomeration of subjects1872, The Cape Monthly Magazine:
- they sit huddled to watch the fortune of the football, ther is often here and there mid the seething glomeration of that ugly embankment of gazing faces, one that came to enjoy the sight knowingly, and yet looketh never on the contest.1929, Robert Bridges, The Testament of Beauty:
1 more example
- great glomerations of kids2018, Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves:
3
Something which is formed into a ball.
- the rainbow consisteth of a glomeration of small drops , which cannot possibly fall1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Related terms
- agglomeration, conglomeration, glomerate