Aggregate vs. Polymer

Aggregatenoun

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

Polymernoun

(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.

Aggregatenoun

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

Polymernoun

A material consisting of such polymer molecules.

Aggregatenoun

A set collection of objects.

Polymernoun

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

Aggregatenoun

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

Polymernoun

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

Aggregatenoun

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

Polymer

A polymer (; Greek poly-, + -mer, ) 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.

‘many’; ‘part’;

Aggregatenoun

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

Aggregatenoun

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.

Aggregatenoun

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

Aggregateadjective

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

Aggregateadjective

Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.

Aggregateadjective

Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.

‘aggregate glands’;

Aggregateadjective

(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.

Aggregateadjective

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

Aggregateadjective

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

Aggregateverb

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

‘The aggregated soil.’;

Aggregateverb

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

Aggregateverb

(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.

‘There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.’;

Aggregateverb

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

Aggregateverb

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

‘It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated.’;

Aggregateverb

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

Aggregateadjective

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

‘The aggregate testimony of many hundreds.’;

Aggregateadjective

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

Aggregateadjective

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

Aggregateadjective

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

Aggregateadjective

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

Aggregatenoun

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

Aggregatenoun

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

Aggregatenoun

a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

Aggregatenoun

the whole amount

Aggregateverb

amount in the aggregate to

Aggregateverb

gather in a mass, sum, or whole

Aggregateadjective

gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole;

‘aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year’; ‘the aggregated amount of indebtedness’;

Aggregateadjective

formed of separate units in a cluster;

‘raspberries are aggregate fruits’;

Aggregatenoun

a whole formed by combining several separate elements

‘the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies’;

Aggregatenoun

the total score of a player or team in a fixture comprising more than one game or round

‘the result put the sides level on aggregate’; ‘he set the pace with a one-over-par aggregate of 151’;

Aggregatenoun

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

‘the specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments’;

Aggregatenoun

pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete and in building

‘use aggregate for the first layer when filling the trench’;

Aggregateadjective

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

‘the aggregate amount of grants made’;

Aggregateadjective

(of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species.

Aggregateadjective

denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time.

Aggregateverb

form or group into a class or cluster

‘socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation’; ‘the butterflies aggregate in dense groups’;

Aggregateverb

collect (related items of content) so as to display or link to them

‘tools that aggregate data from all of the security devices are a good first step’;