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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb uh-glom-uh-reyt; adjective, noun uh-glom-er-it, -uh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb əˈglɒm əˌreɪt; adjective, noun əˈglɒm ər ɪt, -əˌreɪt



Definition of agglomerated

Origin :
  • 1680s, from Latin agglomeratus, past participle of agglomerare "to wind or add onto a ball," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + glomerare "wind up in a ball," from glomus (genitive glomeris) "ball of yarn," from PIE root *glem-. Related: Agglomerated; agglomerating.
  • As in assemble : verb congregate
  • As in accumulate : verb gather or amass something
  • As in concentrate : verb gather, collect
Example sentences :
  • It is they who have agglomerated the chaos that is in this hour threshing about in dust and blood.
  • Extract from : « The Hive » by Will Levington Comfort
  • At sixteen I was secretary to the agglomerated association for vindicating the rights of man.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852 » by Various
  • With them, union was not strength, but weakness: the more they were agglomerated the less were they to be feared.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the Boer War » by Gale and Polden, Limited
  • Here, too, we find different degrees of solidity or density in the agglomerated matter.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science » by Various
  • They detach with a hook the agglomerated masses of young mussels, which they gather in baskets, and carry them to their bouchots.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier
  • The refining is thus completely finished, and all the particles are agglomerated.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.No. 6. [New Series.], August 10, 1878 » by Various
  • The spores in Sporidesmium appear to consist of irregular masses of cells, agglomerated into a kind of compound spore.
  • Extract from : « Fungi: Their Nature and Uses » by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
  • In places the point of a needle could scarcely be thrust between the capsules, so closely were they agglomerated.
  • Extract from : « Parasites » by T. Spencer Cobbold
  • The best lignite is that which, after combustion, leaves a fine ash and no agglomerated clinker.
  • Extract from : « Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants » by R. E. Mathot
  • The problem to be solved was to market an agglomerated material so as to avoid the drawbacks of fine ore.
  • Extract from : « Edison, His Life and Inventions » by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin

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