agglomerated
Definition
- Adjective:
- Clustered together but not coherent: Refers to things that are gathered or collected into a mass or group, but the individual components are not fused or bonded together into a unified whole. The connection is loose or physical rather than chemical or integral.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The geologist examined the agglomerated volcanic rocks. (The rocks were clustered together but not fused into a single, solid mass.)
- Under the microscope, we observed agglomerated particles of dust. (The dust particles were clumped together loosely.)
- The artist used agglomerated pieces of glass to create a textured mosaic. (The glass pieces were assembled into a cluster without being melted together.)
Advanced Usage
- In Materials Science: Describes a type of material where primary particles are held together by weak forces (e.g., van der Waals forces), forming a larger, but easily breakable, aggregate.
- The powder was not suitable for the process because it was too finely agglomerated.
- In Botany: Used to describe certain types of flower heads or fruit clusters where individual units are packed together but remain distinct.
- The dandelion's seed head is an agglomerated structure of many individual fruits.
Variants and Related Words
- Agglomerate (verb): To collect or gather into a mass or cluster.
- Dust tends to agglomerate in corners.
- Agglomeration (noun): The process or result of agglomerating; a jumbled cluster or mass.
- The city was a vast agglomeration of neighborhoods.
- Agglomerative (adjective): Tending to agglomerate; relating to agglomeration.
Synonyms
- Clustered: Formed into a group or bunch.
- Aggregated: Collected together from different sources.
- Conglomerated: Gathered into a rounded mass (often implies a more coherent mass than "agglomerated").
- Clumped: Formed into compact clusters.
Antonyms
- Discrete: Individually separate and distinct.
- Dispersed: Distributed or spread over a wide area.
- Separated: Moved or set apart.
Related Phrases/Idioms
(Note: "Agglomerated" itself is not commonly used in idioms. The related noun "agglomeration" is used in formal contexts.) - Urban agglomeration: A term in geography and urban planning referring to a large city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. - Tokyo is one of the world's largest urban agglomerations.
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clustered together but not coherent
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an agglomerated flower head
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