Aggregate vs. Polymer — What's the Difference?

A whole formed by combining several separate elements

A polymer (; Greek poly-, "many" + -mer, "part") is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules, or macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits. Due to their broad spectrum of properties, both synthetic and natural polymers play essential and ubiquitous roles in everyday life.

A material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together

Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units, each a relatively light and simple molecule.

Formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total

(organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.

Form or group into a class or cluster

A material consisting of such polymer molecules.

Constituting or amounting to a whole; total

Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.

(Botany) Crowded or massed into a dense cluster.

A naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.

A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount

The mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in making concrete.

To gather into a mass, sum, or whole

To amount to; total

To collect (content from different sources on the internet) into one webpage or newsreader.

To come together or collect in a mass or whole

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.

A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

A set collection of objects.

(music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.

(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.

(roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.

Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.

(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.

A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.

Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.

Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.

(botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.

(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.

(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

United into a common organized mass; - said of certain compound animals.

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; - in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

The whole amount

Amount in the aggregate to

Gather in a mass, sum, or whole

Gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole;

Formed of separate units in a cluster;