What is "glomeration"

Glomeration \Glom`er*a"tion\, n. [L. glomeratio.]

1. The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.

2. That which is formed into a ball; a ball.
   --Bacon.

"accumulation; ball," 1620s, from Latin glomerationem (nominative glomeratio), noun of action from past participle stem of glomerare "to make into a ball," from glomus "ball of yarn," from PIE root *glem-.

n. 1 The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; conglomeration. 2 That which is formed into a ball.