The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.]
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Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
The aggregate testimony of many hundreds.
--Sir T. Browne. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
(Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
(Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
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(Zo["o]l.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.
Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation.