agglomeration

agglomeration
    n 1: a jumbled collection or mass
    2: the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating
    

Agglomeration \Ag*glom`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. agglom['e]ration.]
   1. The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping
      together.
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            An excessive agglomeration of turrets. --Warton.
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   2. State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
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134 Moby Thesaurus words for "agglomeration":
      Anschluss, accretion, accumulation, acervation, addition,
      adherence, adhesion, affiliation, agglomerate, agglutination,
      aggregate, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation,
      amassment, articulation, assimilation, association, blend,
      blending, bond, bracketing, breccia, bunch, cabal, cartel,
      centralization, chunk, cling, clinging, clot, clotting, cluster,
      clustering, coagulation, coalescence, coalition, coherence,
      cohesion, cohesiveness, collection, colluvies, combination,
      combine, combo, communication, compaction, composition,
      concatenation, concourse, concrete, concretion, concurrence,
      condensation, confederacy, confederation, confluence, congealment,
      congelation, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration,
      conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy,
      convergence, copulation, coupling, cumulation, ecumenism,
      embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation,
      fusion, gathering, glomeration, gob, hoard, hookup, hunk,
      inclusion, incorporation, inseparability, integration,
      intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining,
      jointure, junction, junta, knotting, league, liaison, linkage,
      linking, lump, marriage, mass, meeting, meld, melding, merger,
      merging, package, package deal, pairing, set, snowball,
      solidification, splice, sticking, stockpile, symbiosis, syncretism,
      syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, trove,
      unification, union, wad, wedding, yoking