agglomeration

See also: agglomération and Agglomeration

English

Etymology

From agglomerate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

agglomeration (countable and uncountable, plural agglomerations)

The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
(geology) a mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.

Translations

act of collecting in a mass

Bulgarian: струпване (bg) (strupvane), натрупване (bg) (natrupvane)
Czech: aglomerace f
Dutch: agglomeratie (nl) f
Esperanto: aglomero
Finnish: agglomeraatio
French: agglomération (fr) f
German: Sammlung (de) f

Portuguese: aglomeração (pt) f
Romanian: aglomerație (ro) f
Russian: агломера́ция (ru) f (aglomerácija), спека́ние (ru) n (spekánije), скопле́ние (ru) n (skoplénije)
Serbo-Croatian: aglomeracija (sh) f
Spanish: aglomeración (es) f
Swedish: hopgyttring

state of being collected in a mass

Bulgarian: агломерат (aglomerat)
Czech: aglomerace f
Dutch: agglomeratie (nl) f
Esperanto: aglomero
Finnish: agglomeraatio
French: agglomération (fr) f
German: Ansammlung (de) f

Manx: bluckanys m
Portuguese: aglomeração (pt) f
Romanian: aglomerație (ro) f
Russian: агломера́т (ru) m (aglomerát), скопле́ние (ru) n (skoplénije), агломера́ция (ru) f (aglomerácija)
Serbo-Croatian: aglomeracija (sh) f
Spanish: aglomeración (es) f

extended city area

Bulgarian: конгломерат (bg) (konglomerat)
Dutch: agglomeratie (nl) f
Finnish: agglomeraatio
French: agglomération (fr) f
German: Ballungsraum (de) m

Polish: aglomeracja (pl) f
Romanian: aglomerație (ro) f
Russian: конгломера́т (ru) m (konglomerát), агломера́ция (ru) f (aglomerácija)
Spanish: aglomeración (es) f

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