aggregate

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1. 1.(Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
2. 2.(Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
3. 3.(Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
4. 4.(Zoöl.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals. Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation.
5. 5.To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil." Milton.
6. 6.To add or unite, as, a person, to an association. It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. Wollaston.
7. 7.To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.]
8. 8.A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc. In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound.
9. 9.(Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. In the aggregate, collectively; together.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands called?
• What is composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry called?
• What is having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means called?
• What is united into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals. Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation called?
• What is to bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil." Milton called?
• What is to add or unite, as, a person, to an association. It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. Wollaston called?
• What is to amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.] called?
• What is a mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc. In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound called?
• What is a mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. In the aggregate, collectively; together called?