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Noun
/əˌgläməˈrāSHən/,
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agglomerations, plural;
  1. A mass or collection of things; an assemblage
    • - the arts center is an agglomeration of theaters, galleries, shops, restaurants, and bars

  1. a jumbled collection or mass
  2. the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating
  3. (agglomerate) volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
  4. (agglomerate) pile: a collection of objects laid on top of each other
  5. (agglomerated) agglomerate: clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head"
  6. In the study of human settlements, an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place (usually a municipality) and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. ...
  7. (Agglomerate) Agglomerates (from the Latin 'agglomerare' meaning 'to form into a ball') are coarse accumulations of large blocks of volcanic material that contain at least 75% bombs. ...
  8. (agglomerate) A collection or mass; A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate; An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice; To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass; ...
  9. (Agglomerate) Several particles adhering together.
  10. (Agglomerate) A man-made product fabricated to look like quarried stone. Usually composed of stone chips or fragments embedded in a matrix of mortar or thermosetting resins.
  11. (Agglomerate) A group of particles held together by van der Waals forces or surface tension.1
  12. (Agglomerate) An arrangement of small particles that are bound closely to each other.
  13. (Agglomerate) Resins used to combine stone pieces into a single mass create an agglomerate.
  14. (Agglomerate) collection of loosely bound particles or aggregates or mixtures of the two where the resulting external surface area is similar to the sum of the surface areas of the individual components. ...
  15. (Agglomerate) describes a pyroclastic rock [q.v.] in which fragments of volcanic and other rocks lie in a matrix of finer grained ash [q.v.] or tuff [q.v.], produced by the force of explosive volcanic eruptions.
  16. (Agglomerated) This is a characteristic of a dry solid material that results in the formation of lumps.
  17. (Agglomerates) are large clusters of aggregates and primary particles.  In fumed silica’s, they are attracted by hydrogen bonding of the surface silanols.  They can be broken apart through shearing.
  18. The coalescence of dispersed suspended matter into larger flocs or particles which settle rapidly.
  19. A net advantage a company gains by sharing a common location with other companies.
  20. refers to increased density and Clustering. This tends to increase Accessibility (the ability to reach desired activities and destinations), which reduces transportation costs, and increases productivity and economic efficiency. ...
  21. the grouping together of businesses in the same area to minimize costs through linkages.
  22. a central city (or more than one centre) and neighbouring communities linked to it by continuous built-up areas
  23. A family of processes which can be used to concentrate valuable minerals (including coal) based on their adhesive properties.
  24. The process of binding the fine particles in crushed ore to each other or to coarser particles, using water, acid or other additives, to produce a permeable feedstock for heap leaching.
  25. A process by which atmospheric particles collide and stick to each other forming a new particle. Many of the particles emitted from automobile tailpipes are agglomerations of smaller particles formed in the combustion process. [Atmospheric Environment; v42; 8113-8138; 2008; DOI:10.1016/j. ...