agglomerating
Forming into clumps
Agglomerating is gathering or clustering into a mass.
Industrial processes agglomerate fine particles into larger chunks for easier handling: Theite powder was agglomerated into pellets.
Cities agglomerate people and businesses.
The word emphasizes accumulation into a cohesive but often irregular whole, distinct from neat arrangement or organization.
Combining into single entity
- congealingThickening into solid
- adheringRemaining attached to
- stickingHolding fast to
- cakingSolidifying into chunks
clotting · lumping · fusing · sintering · bonding · cementing · aggregating · consolidating
Powder consolidation by heating
- pelletizingForming compressed small rounds
- granulatingForming into particles
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- calciningHeating to decompose
briquetting · smelting · furnace · kiln · feedstock · ceramics
Collecting in quantity
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- collectingGathering items over time
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- compilingGathering into unified whole
assembling · hoarding · accumulating · piling · massing · accruing · pooling · concentrating
coalescing
Combining into single entity
- congealingThickening into solid
- adheringRemaining attached to
- stickingHolding fast to
caking · clotting · lumping · fusing · sintering · bonding · cementing · aggregating · consolidating · coagulating
sintering
Powder consolidation by heating
- pelletizingForming compressed small rounds
- granulatingForming into particles
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
calcining · briquetting · smelting · furnace · kiln · feedstock · ceramics
amassing
Collecting in quantity
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- collectingGathering items over time
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
compiling · assembling · hoarding · accumulating · piling · massing · accruing · pooling · concentrating · centralizing
- grindinggrinding, milling, crushing, pulverizing, granulation
agglomeratingdispersing
Spreading widely apart
scattering · spreading · diffusing · dissipating · disseminating
agglomeratingdisaggregating
Separating combined elements
fragmenting · disintegrating · dispersing · decomposing · crumbling
- urban agglomerationContinuous built-up area