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To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
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To collect in a mass.
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Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
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Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
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A collection or mass.
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A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.
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Cluster of particles adhering to one another.
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To gather into a ball, mass, or cluster.
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form into one cluster
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clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head"
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A man-made product fabricated to look like quarried stone. Usually composed of stone chips or fragments embedded in a matrix of mortar or thermosetting resins.
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A cluster of particles.
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A group of particles held together by van der Waals forces or surface tension.1
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It is a volcanic rock that consists of fragments of pyroclastic rocks, more than 2 cm in size.
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Collected into a ball or mass, agglomeration
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Clumps of pigment crystals which have formed loose clusters containing entrapped air. Usually undesirable in paint, as they tend to settle out and have poor optical properties.
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spatial collection of particles, that are chemical or mechanical not bonded
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The process of bringing together smaller particles into a larger mass.
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Agglomerate: Several particles adhering together as in: Agglomerated Powder used in Thermal Spraying.
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A breccia composed largely or entirely of fragments of volcanic rocks.
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To pile or heap together.
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pyroclastic deposit composed of volcanic fragments and bombs in a loose aggregation or welded together.
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Latin agglomerare "closely press to one another" Formless, often not solidified settlings consisting of rough, angular rubble. In tighter meaning: accumulation of volcanic spreading product.
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a fragmental rock dominated by rounded clasts larger than 64 mm in diameter or length
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An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
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sediment (unconsolidated) made up of rock fragments 20–30 mm in diameter or larger
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Agglomerates (from the Latin 'agglomerare' meaning 'to form into a ball') are accumulations of large blocks of volcanic material often found around vents. they are defined as rocks containing at least 75% bombs. They typically consist of blocks of various igneous rocks, often mixed with material of rudimentary origin and embedded in a finer-grained matrix. There are various differences between agglomerates and ordinary ash beds or tuffs.
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