quần hội
Definition
- Noun (Biology, Anatomy):
- Congregation / Aggregation: The act or state of gathering or assembling into a group or mass. This term is used in biological and anatomical contexts to describe a collection of similar cells, organisms, or structures.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Các tế bào tạo thành một quần hội để thực hiện chức năng chung. (The cells form a congregation to perform a common function.)
- Quần hội vi khuẩn trong mẫu nước này rất đông đúc. (The bacterial aggregation in this water sample is very dense.)
Advanced Usage
- This is a specialized scientific term. Its use is almost exclusively confined to formal academic, medical, or biological texts describing grouped biological entities.
Variants and Related Words
- Tập hợp (n): A more general term for a set, collection, or group.
- Đây là một tập hợp dữ liệu quan trọng. (This is an important collection of data.)
- Quần tụ (v/n): To gather/converge; a gathering. Often used for groups of people or stars.
- Hàng ngàn người quần tụ tại quảng trường. (Thousands of people gathered at the square.)
Synonyms
- Aggregation: A group of units or parts gathered into a mass or whole.
- Assembly: A group of people or things gathered together.
- Cluster: A group of similar things growing or located closely together.
Notes on Usage
- "Quần hội" is a highly technical and rarely used term in everyday Vietnamese. The more common words for a group or gathering are "tập hợp", "nhóm", or "đám đông" (for people).
- It should not be confused with "hội" (association, meeting) or "quần" (trousers, or as a prefix meaning 'group' as in "quần thể" - population, community).