aggregation
n. C / Un. a group of things that have been gathered together into one large mass or collection.
n. the formation of a number of things into a cluster; a group or mass of distinct elements collected together. Often describes the process of combining data or physical items into a single unit.
The aggregation of data helps us see the bigger picture.
The website provides an aggregation of news stories from several different international sources.
In biological systems, the aggregation of individual cells into a complex colony allows for specialized functions that a single organism could not perform alone.
From Latin aggregātiō, from aggregō (“aggregate”).
Uncountable when referring to the process of collecting; countable when referring to the resulting group or mass.