AGGREGATE

Aggregate

Aggregate is the component of a composite material that resists compressive stress and provides bulk to the composite material. For efficient filling, aggregate should be much smaller than the finished item, but have a wide variety of sizes. For example, the particles of stone used to make concrete typically include both sand and gravel.

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aggregate

Noun

  1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
  2. A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
  3. A set .
  4. The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
  5. Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
  6. Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete. (technical)

Verb

  1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
    The aggregated soil.
  2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
  3. To amount in the aggregate to.
    ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

Adjective

  1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up
  2. Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
  3. Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
    aggregate glands.
  4. Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
  5. Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
  6. United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.


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