different between cumulation vs aggregation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kju?m.j?.?le?.??n/
• Hyphenation: cu?mu?la?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cumulation (countable and uncountable, plural cumulations)

1. Accumulation.
   • 1859, The Veterinarian, volume XXXII-V, fourth series, page 82:

     The cumulation and toleration of medicines.

   • 1982, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, volume 59, page 1329:

     The Cumulation of Methylmercury and Phenylmercury Species on Alga.
2. The effect of free trade agreements on the rules of origin in calculating importation tariffs, quotas, etc.
   • 2013, Switzerland Federal Department of Finance, [1]:

     Cumulation is a deviation from the principle that goods must be produced entirely in the country of exportation, or have undergone sufficient working or processing there, in order to qualify as originating goods. Cumulation makes it possible for goods from a free trade partner to be treated the same as those originating in the country of exportation.

Related terms

• accumulation

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ?????e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

aggregation (plural aggregations)

1. The act of collecting together (aggregating).
2. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
3. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
4. (networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
5. (epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
6. (object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.

Antonyms

• disgregation

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