aggregate vs clustering

aggregate

adj
  • Formed into clusters or groups of lobules. 

  • Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry. 

  • Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts. 

  • Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up. 

  • Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means. 

  • United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals. 

verb
  • To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. 

  • To amount in the aggregate to. 

noun
  • A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole. 

  • A mechanical mixture of more than one phase. 

  • Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being. 

  • A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. 

  • Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system. 

  • 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. 

  • The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches. 

  • The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores. 

clustering

adj
  • Forming a cluster. 

noun
  • The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table. 

  • A grouping of a number of similar things. 

  • A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays. 

  • The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion. 

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