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agglomeration
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ag·glom·er·a·tion  (-glm-rshn)
n.
1. The act or process of gathering into a mass.
2. A confused or jumbled mass: "To avoid the problems of large urban agglomerations, the state decentralized the university system" (Bickley Townsend).

Agglomeration a mass or clump of things gathered together; an unmethodical assemblage; a cluster. See also cluster, conglomerate.
Examples: an agglomeration of self-loving beings, 1866; of granite houses, 1859; of turrets, 1774.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
bunch, clump, cluster, clustering - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
chunk, clod, glob, lump, clump, ball - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
2.agglomeration - the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating
assembling, collecting, aggregation, collection - the act of gathering something together

agglomeration
noun mass, collection, pile, cluster, lump, stack, heap, rick, clump, accumulation The album is a bizarre agglomeration of styles.
Translations
agglomeration [əˌglɒməˈreɪʃən] Naglomeración f
agglomeration [əˌglɒməˈreɪʃən] nagglomérat m
agglomeration
nAnhäufung f, → Konglomerat nt; (Sci) → Agglomeration f
agglomeration [əglɒməˈreɪʃn] nagglomerazione f


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Agglomeration Theory The theory of agglomeration economies inter-relates market conditions.
The cope-mitigate-transfer framework Even in the most hazard-prone cities, disaster risk is unlikely to reduce population growth, because the economic premium due to agglomeration economies and the amenity value of large cities dominate the location decisions of firms and people.
Auto production in the industry's early days was not exclusive to Detroit, but it became more and more concentrated there because agglomeration economies gave Detroit firms a competitive advantage: low-cost links to suppliers of raw materials and components, access to a larger and deeper pool of labor (including managers and engineers) with specialized skills, and--perhaps most important--the technological spillovers resulting from proximity to talented minds grappling with similar problems.
 
 
 
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