aggregate
IPA: ˈægrʌgʌt
noun
- A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- (mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
- (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
- (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
- 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.
- (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
- A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.
verb
- (transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
- (archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
- (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.
adjective
- Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
- Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
- Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
- (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.
- Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
- United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
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