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agglutinate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /əˈɡluːtɪnət/

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”).

Meanings

1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
2. Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning.
   • an agglutinate family of languages
   • an agglutinate language

Translations (4)

pt aglutinado (united with or as with glue) · pt aglutinado (linguistics: consisting of root words combined with affixes) · fi liimattu (united with or as with glue) · fi agglutinoiva (linguistics: consisting of root words combined with affixes)

agglutinate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈɡluːtɪnət/

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”).

Meanings

1. (countable) A clump of agglutinated material.
   • In some soils, agglutinates are a major constituent.
2. (uncountable) Agglutinated material.
   • The formation of agglutinate is more abundant in mature regolith.

Forms

agglutinate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈɡluːtɪneɪt/

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”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) 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. 1614, Seneca the Younger, chapter 20, in Thomas Lodge, transl., Of Natvrall Qvestions, Book 3, page 817:
   • 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. 1739, Alexander Stuart, Three Lectures on Muscular Motion, page xxxv:
   • […] sea water in which unfertilized eggs have been left for some time […] agglutinates the spermatozoa by their heads, increases their motility, and keeps them active for a longer time. 1974, Jean Brachet, Introduction to Molecular Embryology, page 68:
   • The mud of the streets of London is then merely the dust or detritus of the granite of which they are composed, agglutinated either with rain or the water from the watering-carts. 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 2, page 188:
2. (intransitive) To form clusters or lumps; to clump.
   • It is […] a strong and valuable coal which does not agglutinate in burning. 1856, J. W. Foster, Report upon the Mineral Resources of the Illinois Central Railroad, page 13:
   • If the test cells are contaminated with bacteria, they may agglutinate even in the absence of specific antibodies. 1973, Addine G. Erskine, Principles and Practice of Blood Grouping, page 27:
   • In this test, if the [red blood cells] agglutinate, it indicates that antibodies are present in the serum. 2012, Sandra A. Jacobson, Laboratory Medicine in Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, page 102:
3. To form through agglutination.

Forms

Deriveds

autoagglutinating · macroagglutinate · agglutinin · autoagglutinate · agglutinator · nonagglutinating · subagglutinating · nonagglutinated · antiagglutinating · haemagglutinating · unagglutinated

Relateds

agglutinant · agglutination · agglutinative

Translations (10)

it agglutinare (to unite with or as with glue) · hu toldalékol (linguistics: to form through agglutination) · it agglutinare (linguistics: to form through agglutination) · hu agglutinál (linguistics: to form through agglutination) · pt aglutinar (linguistics: to form through agglutination) · fi liimata (to unite with or as with glue) · fi agglutinoida (linguistics: to form through agglutination) · pl aglutynować (to unite with or as with glue) · pt aglutinar (to unite with or as with glue) · pl aglutynować (linguistics: to form through agglutination)