资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.]
   1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or
      sum; collective.

            The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.

   2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as,
      aggregate glands.

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

   4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent
      to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by
      mechanical means.

   5. (Zo["o]l.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of
      certain compound animals.

   {Corporation aggregate}. (Law) See under {Corporation}.