glomeration
US/ˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/
glomeration noun: the act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass.
Noun
glomeration (countable and uncountable, plural glomerations)
- The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass
- A conglomeration, mixture, or mass of things, people etc.
- a glomeration of subjects1872, The Cape Monthly Magazine
- they sit huddled to watch the fortune of the football, ther is often here and there mid the seething glomeration of that ugly embankment of gazing faces, one that came to enjoy the sight knowingly, and yet looketh never on the contest.1929, Robert Bridges, The Testament of Beauty
- Something which is formed into a ball.
- the rainbow consisteth of a glomeration of small drops , which cannot possibly fall1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...
Forms of glomeration
| plural | glomerations |
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Origin of glomeration
Latin glomeratio.
Words that rhyme with glomeration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about glomeration
- What does glomeration mean?
- Glomeration means the act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass.
- What part of speech is glomeration?
- Glomeration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce glomeration?
- Glomeration is pronounced /ˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of glomeration?
- The plural of glomeration is glomerations.
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