aggregation

aggregation

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

aggregation (plural aggregations)

1. The act of collecting together (aggregating).
2. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
3. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
4. (networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
5. (epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
6. (object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
   • 2002, Kirk Knoernschild, Addison-Wesley Professional, editor, Java Design: Objects, UML, and Process‎:

     The difference between an association and an aggregation is entirely conceptual and is focused strictly on semantics.

Antonyms

• disgregation

Translations

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated

Finnish: yhdistäminen (fi), kokoaminen (fi), koostaminen French: agrégation (fr) f, aggrégation (fr) f (archaic) Portuguese: agregação f

Romanian: agregare (ro) f Russian: скопле́ние (ru) n (skoplénije), собира́ние (ru) n (sobiránije) Swedish: aggregering c

collection into a mass or sum

Finnish: yhdistäminen (fi), kokoaminen (fi), koostaminen Portuguese: agregação f Romanian: agregare (ro) f

Russian: объедине́ние (ru) n (obʺjedinénije) Swedish: aggregering c

a collection of particulars

Armenian: զանգված (hy) (zangvac) French: ar (fr) m, agrégation (fr) f, aggrégation (fr) f (archaic)

Swedish: aggregering c

an aggregate

Armenian: զանգված (hy) (zangvac) Finnish: keräymä, aggregaatti (fi), kooste (fi)

Russian: агрега́т (ru) m (agregát) Swedish: aggregering c, aggregat (sv) n

summarizing multiple routes into one route

Finnish: kooste (fi) Russian: агрега́ция (ru) f (agregácija)

Swedish: aggregering c

Object-oriented programming

French: agrégation (fr)