aggregation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin aggregātiō, from aggregō (“aggregate”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /æɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === 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. (linguistics) A component of natural language generation that entails combining syntactic elements. ==== Antonyms ==== disgregation disaggregation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ====