agglomerated

Thân thiện

The botanist examines an agglomerated flower head under a magnifying glass.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. clustered together but not coherent
   • an agglomerated flower head

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