aggregate

totale, somma

Numero o quantità che si ottiene sommando tutte le parti.

In inglese semplice: The total number or amount after all parts are added together.

• The aggregate was fifty points.
• Our team won on aggregate over two matches.
• The payments reached an aggregate of six thousand pounds.

Come si usa: an aggregate of something (The farms produced an aggregate of two hundred tonnes.); in aggregate (The stores made a profit in aggregate.)

Sinonimi: total, sum

Espressioni comuni: in aggregate, an aggregate of, on aggregate

aggregato, inerte

Piccoli pezzi di pietra usati nel calcestruzzo o per rivestire tetti e altre superfici.

In inglese semplice: Small pieces of stone used in concrete or to cover roofs and other surfaces.

• Add the aggregate to the mix.
• The roof was covered with coarse aggregate.
• Workers delivered a truckload of crushed aggregate.

Sinonimi: gravel

Espressioni comuni: coarse aggregate, crushed aggregate, aggregate for concrete

aggregato

Massa solida formata da piccoli pezzi dello stesso materiale che si uniscono.

In inglese semplice: A solid group formed when small pieces of the same material join together.

• The crystals formed an aggregate.
• Under the microscope, each aggregate contained many tiny grains.
• These mineral aggregates broke apart easily.

Come si usa: aggregate of something (An aggregate of crystals filled the crack.)

Sinonimi: cluster, mass

Espressioni comuni: crystal aggregate, mineral aggregate, aggregate of particles

aggregato, skandha

Uno dei cinque gruppi di caratteristiche con cui il buddismo descrive un essere vivente capace di sentire.

In inglese semplice: One of five groups of qualities that Buddhism uses to describe a living, feeling being.

• Buddhism describes five aggregates.
• The teacher explained the aggregate of feeling.
• Attachment to the aggregates is discussed in this text.

Sinonimi: skandha

Espressioni comuni: five aggregates, aggregate of consciousness, aggregate of feeling

aggregare, riunire

Raccogliere cose e combinarle in un gruppo o in un totale.

In inglese semplice: To collect things and combine them into a group or total.

• We aggregate the results each week.
• The software aggregated data from several hospitals.
• These particles aggregate into larger groups.

Come si usa: aggregate something into something (We aggregate the figures into a single total.); aggregate into something (Small particles aggregate into clusters.)

Sinonimi: combine, collect, group

Contrari: separate

Espressioni comuni: aggregate data, aggregate something into, aggregate results

ammontare a, totalizzare

Raggiungere un certo totale sommando tutte le parti.

In inglese semplice: To add up to a particular total.

• The payments aggregate two million dollars.
• Their combined sales aggregated fifty thousand units.
• The three shipments aggregate eighty tonnes.

Come si usa: aggregate an amount (The fees aggregate three thousand dollars.)

Sinonimi: total, amount to

Espressioni comuni: aggregate something, aggregate ten million

aggregato, raggruppato

Disposto in gruppi di piccole parti arrotondate.

In inglese semplice: Arranged in groups of small rounded parts.

• The tissue contains aggregate glands.
• The diagram shows an aggregate structure.
• These aggregate glands consist of several small lobules.

Sinonimi: clustered, grouped

Espressioni comuni: aggregate glands, aggregate structure