agglutination
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
- hemagglutination hyponym
- isoagglutination hyponym
Related & opposite
- agglutinate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
Types & categories
- linguistic process hypernym
Related & opposite
- agglutinate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
Types & categories
- chemical process hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | agglutinate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hemagglutination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | isoagglutination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | agglutinate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | linguistic process |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical process |