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agglomerative |
agglomerator |
agglutinant |
agglutinate |
agglutinating activity |
agglutination
| agglutination test
| agglutinative
| agglutinin
| agglutinogen
| aggrace
agglutination
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun agglutination has 3 senses
- agglutination(n = noun.process) Array - a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins); Array has particulars: haemagglutination, hemagglutination, isoagglutination
- agglutination(n = noun.process) Array - the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining; Array is a kind of linguistic process
- agglutination(n = noun.process) agglutinating activity - the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated; Array is a kind of chemical action, chemical change, chemical process
is a kind of biological process, organic process
Derived form verb agglutinate2
Derived form verb agglutinate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
agglutination, n. [Cf. F. agglutination.].
- The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts. [1913 Webster]
- Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
agglutination
accession, accretion, addition, adherence, adhesion, adjunct, adjunction, affixation, agglomeration, aggregation, annexation, articulation, attachment, augmentation, bond, bracketing, cling, clinging, clotting, clumping, clustering, coagulation, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, combination, communication, compaction, compression, concatenation, concentration, concourse, concretion, concurrence, condensation, confluence, congealment, congelation, congeries, conglobation, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, convergence, copulation, coupling, densification, gathering, hardening, hookup, increase, inseparability, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, juxtaposition, knotting, liaison, linkage, linking, marriage, meeting, merger, merging, pairing, prefixation, reinforcement, set, solidification, splice, sticking, suffixation, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction, superposition, supplementation, symbiosis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, uniting, yokingROGET THESAURUS
agglutination
Coherence
N coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, concretion accretion, conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration, aggregation, consolidation, set, cementation, sticking, soldering, connection, dependence, tenacity, toughness, stickiness, inseparability, inseparableness, bur, remora, conglomerate, concrete, cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering, tenacious, tough, sticky, united, unseparated, unsessile, inseparable, inextricable, infrangible, compact.
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