aggregate

  1. Noun.  A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.(rfex) .
  2. Noun.  A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.(rfex) .
  3. Noun.  (mathematics, obsolete) A set (gloss, collection of objects) .
  4. Noun.  (context, music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
  5. Noun.  (context, roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
  6. Noun.  Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete. (technical).
  7. Adjective.  Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
  8. Adjective.  Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
  9. Adjective.  Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
  10. Adjective.  (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
  11. Adjective.  Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
  12. Adjective.  United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
  13. Verb.  (transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
  14. Verb.  (transitive) To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
  15. Verb.  (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.