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agglomeration

The English word “agglomeration” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  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. An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
  4. A mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.

Etymology

From Latin agglomerātiō. By surface analysis, agglomerate + -ion.

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