Ăg'gre-gā'tion, n.

n. [L. Lat. aggregatio, Fr. agré-gation, Pr. aggregacio, agreguacio, Sp. agregacion, It. aggregazione.] The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a sum or mass; a collection of particulars; an aggregate. “Each genus is made up by the aggregation of species.” Carpenter.

A nation is not an idea only of local extent and individual momentary aggregation, but . . . of continuity, which extends in time as well as in numbers, and in space. Burke.