Word of the Day: AGGLOMERATION

A big jumbled mass

agglomeration (noun) - a mass or collection of different things; the act or state of collecting, heaping, or lumping things together [uh-glom-uh-rey-shuhn]

BREAKDOWN: AG- (to) + GLOM- (ball-shaped mass) + -ER (to do) + -ATION (process of)

• agglomerate as a verb means to gather together into a cluster, group, or mass

• agglomerate as a noun means a jumbled mass, heap, or collection; a specific volcanic rock

• agglomerate as a adjective means clustered or gathered into a mass

"When the thing observed is seen as an agglomeration of pieces, the details lose their meaning and the whole becomes unrecognizable. This is often true of snapshots in which no pattern of salient shapes organizes the mass of vague and complex nuances." —Rudolf Arnheim

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