aggregate

total, somme

Nombre ou quantité obtenu en additionnant toutes les parties.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : an aggregate of something (The farms produced an aggregate of two hundred tonnes.); in aggregate (The stores made a profit in aggregate.)

Synonymes : total, sum

Expressions courantes : in aggregate, an aggregate of, on aggregate

granulat

Petits morceaux de pierre utilisés dans le béton ou pour couvrir les toits et d’autres surfaces.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : gravel

Expressions courantes : coarse aggregate, crushed aggregate, aggregate for concrete

agrégat

Masse solide formée par l’union de petits morceaux d’une même matière.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : aggregate of something (An aggregate of crystals filled the crack.)

Synonymes : cluster, mass

Expressions courantes : crystal aggregate, mineral aggregate, aggregate of particles

agrégat, skandha

Un des cinq groupes de caractéristiques par lesquels le bouddhisme décrit un être vivant capable de ressentir.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : skandha

Expressions courantes : five aggregates, aggregate of consciousness, aggregate of feeling

agréger, regrouper

Rassembler des éléments pour former un groupe ou un total.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : aggregate something into something (We aggregate the figures into a single total.); aggregate into something (Small particles aggregate into clusters.)

Synonymes : combine, collect, group

Contraires : separate

Expressions courantes : aggregate data, aggregate something into, aggregate results

totaliser

Atteindre une certaine quantité quand toutes les parties sont additionnées.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : aggregate an amount (The fees aggregate three thousand dollars.)

Synonymes : total, amount to

Expressions courantes : aggregate something, aggregate ten million

agrégé, groupé

Disposé en groupes de petites parties arrondies.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : clustered, grouped

Expressions courantes : aggregate glands, aggregate structure