Main Entry: ag·glom·er·a·tion

Pronunciation: \ə-ˌglä-mə-ˈrā-shən\

Function: noun

Date: 1774

1 : the action or process of collecting in a mass
2 : a heap or cluster of usually disparate elements <urban agglomerations knit together by the new railways — Times Literary Supplement>

— ag·glom·er·a·tive \-ˈglä-mə-ˌrā-tiv\ adjective