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語源 1

From 中期英語 aggregat(e) (“a sum, unit, complex, aggregate”), borrowed from New Latin aggregātum (“an aggregate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of aggregātus, the perfect passive participle of aggregō (“to flock together”), from ad- (“at, to, toward”)) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”, greg- in compounds) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also egregious and gregarious. See also ag-.

名詞

aggregate (countable and uncountable, plural aggregates)

1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
   • 1898, Arthur Berry, chapter 12, in A Short History of Astronomy, Herschel:

     If the nebulosity were due to an aggregate of stars so far off as to be separately indistinguishable, then the central body would have to be a star of almost incomparably greater dimensions than an ordinary star; if, on the other hand, the central body were of dimensions comparable with those of an ordinary star, the nebulosity must be due to something other than a star cluster.

2. A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
   • 1847, William Black, A Practical Treatise on Brewing : Calculating Lengths and Gravities

     This in the second boiling will be replaced by nearly an equal quantity of worts, of the same gravity as turned out of the copper, which, in making the calculation, is to be deducted from the aggregate of the second worts, and so on with a third wort if necessary.

3. (mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
4. (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
5. (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.

   Synonym: agg

   • 12 December 2016, Associated Press, Brazil and Argentina reportedly to play friendly at MCG in 2017

     Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout.

6. (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
7. 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.
   • 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 21, in The Pioneers:

     "Yes sair," returned the Frenchman, whose prominent eyes were watching the precarious footsteps of the beast he rode, as it picked its dangerous way among the roots of trees, holes, log bridges, and sloughs that formed the aggregate of the highway.

   • 2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:

     He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane. NR was also ordering the aggregates needed for the access roads.

8. (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
9. A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.

同意語

• (mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars): cluster
• (attribute of the sentient being in Buddhism): skandha

派生語

参考

• composite
• conglomerate
• twelve-tone technique
• serialism

参照

• DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. →ISBN, Ch. 6.

語源 2

From 中期英語 aggregat(e) (“aggregated”, used as the past participle of aggregaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

形容詞

aggregate (comparative more aggregate, superlative most aggregate)

1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
   • 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War Chapter 33 The Northern Operations from January to April, 1901

     All over the country small British columns had been operating during these months--operations which were destined to increase in scope and energy as the cold weather drew in. The weekly tale of prisoners and captures, though small for any one column, gave the aggregate result of a considerable victory.

2. Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
3. Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.

   aggregate glands

4. (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.
5. Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
6. United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.

派生語

語源 3

From 中期英語 aggregaten (“to aggregate”), from its earlier borrowed past participle aggregat(e) +‎ -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin aggregātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

動詞

aggregate (third-person singular simple present aggregates, present participle aggregating, simple past and past participle aggregated)

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

   the aggregated soil

2. (archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
3. (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.

   There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

反意語

• segregate

派生語

関連する語

参照

• “aggregate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.