agglutinate
verb
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L330764 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L334326 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈɡluːtɪnət/ / /əˈɡluːtɪneɪt/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Latin glūtinō Latin agglūtinō Latin agglūtinātuslbor. English agglutinate From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”).
- United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
- Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning.
“an agglutinate language”
“an agglutinate family of languages”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Latin glūtinō Latin agglūtinō Latin agglūtinātuslbor. English agglutinate From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”).
- A clump of agglutinated material.
“In some soils, agglutinates are a major constituent.”
- Agglutinated material.
“The formation of agglutinate is more abundant in mature regolith.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Latin glūtinō Latin agglūtinō Latin agglūtinātuslbor. English agglutinate From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”).
- To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
“This is a medicine, and hath a mud of that nature, that it both agglutinateth and hardneth that whereupon it is applied.”
“This is farther evident in the making glue of the dry skins of beasts and of fishes; and paste of starch; whose agglutinating quality is owing solely to the proportions of water absorbed, or intermixed by infusion, maceration, or decoction.”
- To form clusters or lumps; to clump.
“It is […] a strong and valuable coal which does not agglutinate in burning.”
“If the test cells are contaminated with bacteria, they may agglutinate even in the absence of specific antibodies.”
- To form through agglutination.