agglomeration

About 0.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
2. noun A state of being collected in a mass; a mass; a cluster.
3. noun An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
4. noun A mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.

Similar words

cluster aggregation clustering grouping locality patch habitation community gathering portfolio

Often followed by

of economies and in is effects or process are

Word family

agglomerations agglomerative