aggregate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăg'rĭgət
ipa: /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/
enpr: ăg'rĭgət
ipa: /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/
Forms: form: aggregates
Etymology: From Middle English aggregat(e) (“a sum, unit, complex, aggregate”), borrowed from New Latin aggregātum (“an aggregate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of aggregātus, the perfect passive participle of aggregō (“to flock together”), from ad- (“at, to, toward”)) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”, greg- in compounds) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also egregious and gregarious.
Senses: examples: text: If the nebulosity were due to an aggregate of stars so far off as to be separately indistinguishable, then the central body would have to be a star of almost incomparably greater dimensions than an ordinary star; if, on the other hand, the central body were of dimensions comparable with those of an ordinary star, the nebulosity must be due to something other than a star cluster.
ref: 1898, Arthur Berry, chapter 12, in A Short History of Astronomy, Herschel:
glosses: A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
examples: 1847, William Black, A Practical Treatise on Brewing : Calculating Lengths and Gravities
This in the second boiling will be replaced by nearly an equal quantity of worts, of the same gravity as turned out of the copper, which, in making the calculation, is to be deducted from the aggregate of the second worts, and so on with a third wort if necessary.
glosses: A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A set (collection of objects).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
examples: text: Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout.
ref: 12 December 2016, Associated Press, Brazil and Argentina reportedly to play friendly at MCG in 2017
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: agg
glosses: The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
examples: text: "Yes sair," returned the Frenchman, whose prominent eyes were watching the precarious footsteps of the beast he rode, as it picked its dangerous way among the roots of trees, holes, log bridges, and sloughs that formed the aggregate of the highway.
ref: 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 21, in The Pioneers:
text: He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane. NR was also ordering the aggregates needed for the access roads.
ref: 2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:
glosses: 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.
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
glosses: A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.
Synonyms: sense: mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars
word: cluster
sense: attribute of the sentient being in Buddhism
word: skandha
word: aggregate
word: entirety
word: group
word: totality
Hyponyms: word: biosphere
word: blogosphere
word: hivemind
word: noosphere
Derived terms: aggregational
aggregator
corporation aggregate
heteroaggregate
in aggregate
interaggregate
in the aggregate
intraaggregate
macroaggregate
metalloaggregate
microaggregate
nanoaggregate
subaggregate
superaggregate
Related terms: word: composite
word: conglomerate
word: twelve-tone technique
word: serialism
word: cohesion
word: gestalt
word: integration