aggregation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin aggregātiō, from aggregō (“aggregate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aggregation (countable and uncountable, plural aggregations)
- The act of collecting together, of aggregating.
- The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or (aggregated) sum.
- A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
- (networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
- (epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
- (object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
- 2002, Kirk Knoernschild, edited by Addison-Wesley Professional, Java Design: Objects, UML, and Process[1]:
- The difference between an association and an aggregation is entirely conceptual and is focused strictly on semantics.
- (linguistics) A component of natural language generation that entails combining syntactic elements.
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- aggregational
- aggregation number
- antiaggregation
- autoaggregation
- bootstrap aggregation
- coaggregation
- deaggregation
- heteroaggregation
- homoaggregation
- hypoaggregation
- immunoaggregation
- macroaggregation
- microaggregation
- misaggregation
- nanoaggregation
- overaggregation
- preaggregation
- reaggregation
- state of aggregation
- superaggregation
- thermoaggregation
Translations edit
act of aggregating, or state of being aggregated
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collection into a mass or sum
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collection of particulars
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aggregate
summarizing multiple routes into one route
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object composition
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