Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.

    Sammlung

    агломера́цияaglomerácija, спека́ниеspekánije, скопле́ниеskoplénije

    the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating

  2. (countable, uncountable)A state of being collected in a mass; a mass; a cluster.

    Ansammlung

    агломера́тaglomerát, скопле́ниеskoplénije, агломера́цияaglomerácija

    a jumbled collection or mass

  3. (countable, uncountable)An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.

    Ballungsraum

    конгломера́тkonglomerát, агломера́цияaglomerácija

  4. (countable, uncountable)A mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Yekaterinburg is the fourth largest agglomeration in Russia.

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  2. These so-called agglomerations could be seen in several different patterns.

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  3. It is one of the three most developed post-industrial agglomerations in the country.

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  4. The police fished the evidence out of the sewer, a filthy agglomeration of shit, wet-wipes, and, for some reason, car parts.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
act of collecting in a mass:
state of being collected in a mass:
extended city area:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
act of collecting in a mass:
state of being collected in a mass:
extended city area:

Origin

From Latin agglomerātiō. By surface analysis, agglomerate + -ion.

From Latin agglomerātiō. By surface analysis, agglomerate + -ion.

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