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ag·gre·gate • n. / ˈagrigit/ 1. a whole formed by combining several (typically disparate) elements: the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies. ∎ the total number of points scored by a player or team in a series of sporting contests: the result put the sides even on aggregate. 2. a material or structure formed from a loosely compacted mass of fragments or particles. ∎ pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete, or more generally in construction work. • adj. / ˈagrigit/ formed or calculated by the combination of many separate units or items; total: the aggregate amount of grants made. ∎ Bot. (of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species. ∎ Econ. denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time. • v. / -ˌgāt/ form or group into a class or cluster: [intr.] the butterflies aggregate in dense groups. PHRASES: in (the) aggregate in total; as a whole.DERIVATIVES: ag·gre·ga·tion / ˌagriˈgāshən/ n. ag·gre·ga·tive / -ˌgātiv/ adj. |
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"aggregate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "aggregate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-aggregate.html "aggregate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-aggregate.html |
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1. In the building and construction industry, a mixture of mineral substances (bulk minerals), e.g. sand, gravel, crushed rock, stone, slag, and other materials (e.g. colliery spoil, pulverized fuel ash) which, when cemented, forms concrete, mastic, mortar, plaster, etc. Uncemented, it can be used as road-making material, railway ballasts, filter beds, and in some manufacturing processes as flux. In road-making, aggregate mixed with bitumen is called ‘coated stone’, and different physical characteristics are required for the different layers comprising the road pavement. Fine aggregate is less than 6.35 mm in diameter, coarse aggregate greater than 6.35 mm. See AGGREGATE TESTS; and PAVEMENT. 2. Group of soil particles adhering together in a cluster; the smallest structural unit, or ped, of soil. Aggregates join together to make up the major structural soil units. |
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-aggregate.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-aggregate.html |
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1. In the building and construction industry, a mixture of mineral substances (bulk minerals), e.g. sand, gravel, crushed rock, stone, slag, and other materials (e.g. colliery spoil, pulverized fuel ash) which, when cemented, forms concrete, mastic, mortar, plaster, etc. Uncemented, it can be used as road-making material, railway ballasts, filter beds, and in some manufacturing processes as flux. In road-making, aggregate mixed with bitumen is called ‘coated stone’, and different physical characteristics are required for the different layers comprising the road pavement. 2. A group of soil particles adhering together in a cluster; the smallest structural unit, or ped, of soil. Aggregates join together to make up the major structural soil units. |
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-aggregate.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-aggregate.html |
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aggregate (collectivity). Large collections of people may act as groups, with some degree of common purpose, but they may also act as non-organized collectivities, or aggregates. For example, an audience or crowd may be said to be an aggregate, in so far as its members lack any organization or persisting pattern of social relationships. The term is also used more broadly in reference to research or analysis that deals only with aggregate data, which consist of statistics produced for broad groups or categories (for example certain types of persons, households, or companies), and in which the characteristics of individual respondents (persons, households, or companies) are no longer identifiable. See also COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR; MICRODATA.
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GORDON MARSHALL. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Sociology. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. GORDON MARSHALL. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Sociology. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O88-aggregate.html GORDON MARSHALL. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Sociology. 1998. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O88-aggregate.html |
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Aggregatean assemblage collected into one body, e.g., a house is an aggregate of bricks, timber, etc. See also collection, combination, compound, sum. Examples: aggregate of activities, 1855; of small bubbles, 1677; of confusions and incongruities, 1878; of all past experience. |
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"Aggregate." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Aggregate." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300024.html "Aggregate." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300024.html |
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aggregate collected into one body; sb. sum total, entire mass. XV. — L. aggregātus, pp. of aggregāre, f. AG- + grex, greg- flock (cf. GREGARIOUS).
Hence aggregate vb., aggregation XV. |
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T. F. HOAD. "aggregate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "aggregate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-aggregate.html T. F. HOAD. "aggregate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-aggregate.html |
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aggregate A group of soil particles that adhere together in a cluster; the smallest structural unit, or ped, of soil. Aggregates join together to make up the major structural units.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-aggregate.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-aggregate.html |
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aggregate. Material (e.g. crushed bricks, tiles, stones, and sand) added to lime to make concrete.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-aggregate.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "aggregate." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-aggregate.html |
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•jailbait • rebate • whitebait • probate
•stereobate • approbate • incubate
•stylobate • exacerbate • masturbate
•mandate • candidate • validate
•consolidate • intimidate • dilapidate
•cuspidate • fluoridate • elucidate
•antedate • liquidate • chordate
•update • inundate • fecundate
•accommodate • caliphate • phosphate
•Margate • Irangate • tailgate
•lychgate • Lydgate
•delegate, relegate
•Billingsgate • obligate • fumigate
•abnegate • aggregate • segregate
•irrigate • congregate • castigate
•investigate
•litigate, mitigate
•instigate
•circumnavigate, navigate
•promulgate • elongate • toll gate
•Newgate • sluice gate • conjugate
•subjugate • floodgate • vulgate
•objurgate • expurgate • propagate
•arrogate • abrogate
•derogate, interrogate
•corrugate • subrogate • watergate
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"aggregate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "aggregate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-aggregate.html "aggregate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-aggregate.html |
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