agglomeratic (a glomera tik)

Pertaining to or having the nature of an agglomerate. agglomeration (a-glom-e-ra's hon), n. [L. agglomeratio ( n- ), By an undiscerning agglomeration of facts he [Berkeley] convinced numbers in his own day, and he has had believers in Ireland almost to our day, that tar-water could cure all manner of diseases. McCosh, Berkeley, p. 83. 2. That which is agglomerated; a collection; a heap; any ma , a emblage, or cluster formed by mere juxtaposition. The charming côteau which... faces the town, -a soft agglomeration of gardens, vineyards, scattered villas, gables and turrets of slate-roofed châteaux, terraces with gray balustrades, mo -grown walls draped in scarlet Virginia creeper. agglomerative (a-glom'e-ra-tiv), a. Having a tendency to agglomerate or gather together. H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 9. IMG:content-0392.png:[blocks in formation] Something strengthening and agglutinant. Gray, Works (1825), II. 192. II. n. Any viscous substance which agglutinates or unites other substances by causing adhesion; any application which causes bodies to adhere together. agglutinate (a-glö'ti-nat), v. t.; pret. and pp. agglutinated , ppr. agglutinating . [ nat us , pp. of agglutinare , adglutinare , paste to, ad , to, + glut in are , paste, gluten , paste, glue: see gluten and glue .] To unite or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; unite by causing an adhesion. agglutinate (a-glö'ti-nat), a . [ L.agglutinatus , Pp.: see the verb.] United as by glue; characterized by adherence or incorporation of distinct parts or elements: as, an agglutinate language. (See below.) In bot . , grown together: equivato the matrix. Sometimes written adglutinate . Agglutinate languages, languages exhibiting an inferior degree of integration in the elements of their words, or of unification of words, the suffixes and prefixes retaining a certain independence of one another and of the root or stem to which they are added: opposed to inflective or inflectional languages, in which the separate identity of stem and ending is more often fully lost, and the original agglutination even comes to be replaced by an internal change in the root or stem. But the distinction is of little scientific value. Turkish is a favorite example of an ag glutinate tongue. accrete: also to fungi that are firmly attached aggeratet (aj'e-rat), v. t. [ agger at us , pp. of agger are , adgerare , form an agger or heap, heap up, agger : see agger . Cf. exaggerate.] To heap up. Bailey . aggerationt (aj-e-ra's hon), n. [L. [ tio ( n- ), aggerāre :: see aggerate .] aggerate .] A Ah heaping; agglutinating (a-glö'ti-nā-ting), p . a . accumulation: as, “ agger a tions "agger a tions of sand," Ray , Di . of World, v. § 1. aggerose (aj'e-rōs), a. [L. as if * aggerosus , agger : see agger .] In heaps; formed in heaps. Dana . In philol., characterized by agglutination; agglutinate (which see). The natives [of the southern islands of the Fuegian Archipelago] speak an agglutinating language, current from the middle of Beagle pa age to the southernmost islands about Cape Horn. Science, III. 168. ing by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts; that which is united; a ma or group cemented together.-2. In philol., the condition of being agglutinate; the proce or result of agglutinate combination. See agglutinate, a. In the Aryan languages the modifications of words, comprised under declension and conjugation, were likewise originally expre ed by agglutination . But the component parts began soon to coalesce, so as to form one integral word, liable in its turn to phonetic corruption to such an extent that it became impo ible after a time to decide which was the root and which the modificatory element. Max Muller . Immediate agglutination, in surg., union of the parts of a wound by the first intention (see intention ), as distinguished from mediate agglutination, which is secured through the interposition of some substance, as lint, between the lips of the wound. In