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conglomeration|kənˌglɒməˈreɪʃən|
[ad. L. conglomerātiōn-em, n. of action f. conglomerā-re to conglomerate. Also in mod.F.]
1. The action of conglomerating, or condition of being conglomerated.
1626Bacon Sylva §267 The Multiplication and Conglomeration of Sounds. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg., Auto-dafé Introd., The conglomeration of Christian names usual in the families of the haute noblesse of Spain.
2. quasi-concr.
†a. A coil or ball (of thread or the like).
b. A collection of things joined in a compact body; a cluster, coherent mass.
1659H. More Immort. Soul (1662) iii. xiii. 201 These Conglomerations of the threads of the Silk-worm. 1697Sir T. P. Blount Ess. 114 Nothing but a Conglomeration of Vessels. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 105/2, I have..taken from the water a large conglomeration of male frogs. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 258 A confused..conglomeration of buildings. 1866Liddon Bampt. Lect. ii. 73 That conglomeration of men we call a nation. |