 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
agglutination
noun
1: a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by
antibodies (agglutinins)
2: the building of words from component morphemes that retain
their form and meaning in the process of combining
3: the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in
solution; these larger masses are then (usually)
precipitated [syn: {agglutinating activity}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Agglutination \Ag*glu'ti*na"tion\, noun [Cf. F. agglutination.]
1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance;
the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
2. (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with
little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See
{Agglutinative}, 2.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "agglutination":
accession, accretion, addition, adherence, adhesion, adjunct,
adjunction, affixation, agglomeration, aggregation, annexation,
articulation, attachment, augmentation, bond, bracketing, cling,
clinging, clotting, clumping, clustering, coagulation, coherence,
cohesion, cohesiveness, combination, communication, compaction,
compression, concatenation, concentration, concourse, concretion,
concurrence, condensation, confluence, congealment, congelation,
congeries, conglobation, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction,
connection, consolidation, convergence, copulation, coupling,
densification, gathering, hardening, hookup, increase,
inseparability, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking,
joinder, joining, jointure, junction, juxtaposition, knotting,
liaison, linkage, linking, marriage, meeting, merger, merging,
pairing, prefixation, reinforcement, set, solidification, splice,
sticking, suffixation, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction,
superposition, supplementation, symbiosis, tie, tie-in, tie-up,
unification, union, uniting, yoking
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