different between agglomeration vs accumulatio

English

Etymology

From agglomerate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

agglomeration (countable and uncountable, plural agglomerations)

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

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accumul?ti? (“the act of heaping up”). Doublet of accumulation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m(j)u?l?ti.o/

Noun

accumulatio (usually uncountable, plural accumulatios)

1. (rhetoric) A forceful summarisation of previously made points

Related terms

• accumulate

See also

• anacephalaeosis
• climax
• summary
• synathroesmus

Latin

Etymology

From accumul? +? -ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.mu?la?.ti.o?/, [äk??m????ä?t?io?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.mu?la.t?si.o/, [?k?umu?l??t??s?i?]

Noun

accumul?ti? f (genitive accumul?ti?nis); third declension

1. The act of heaping up.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• accumulatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accumulatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• accumulatio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016