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Aggregate may refer to:

In biology

  • Aggregate species (Wiktionary) or Species aggregate, a named species representing a range of very closely related organisms
  • Aggregate fruit, in botanical terminology, fruit that develops from the merging of ovaries originating from a single flower

In computing and mathematics

  • Aggregate data, in statistics, data combined from several measurements
  • Aggregate analysis, a technique used in amortized analysis in computer science, especially in analysis of algorithms
  • Aggregate (data warehouse), a part of the dimensional model that is used to speed up query time by summarizing tables
  • Aggregate function, in computer science (especially SQL), a function that calculates a single result (scalar) from a collection of input values
  • AggreGate Platform, a software framework for managing diverse electronic devices
  • Aggregate Root, a concept in the Domain-driven Design software development process
  • Aggregate class, a type of class supported by C++.

In economics

  • Aggregate demand, the total demand for final goods and services during a specific time period in an economy
  • Aggregate supply, the total supply of goods and services produced during a specific time period in an economy
  • Aggregate Spend (US), a process to monitor the total amount spent by healthcare manufacturers on individual healthcare professionals and organizations through payments and gifts of various kinds

In materials science

  • Aggregate (composite), in materials science, a component of a composite material that resists compressive stress
  • Construction aggregate, materials used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, or recycled crushed concrete

In religion

  • Aggregate (Sanskrit, skandha; Pāli, khandha), in Buddhism, a category of sensory experiences
  • In some Christian churches, a group of several canonical hours (offices) combined to form a single religious service

Other uses

  • In the social sciences, a gathering of people into a cluster or a crowd that do not form a true social group
  • In music, a set of all twelve pitch classes, also known as the total chromatic
  • Aggregate score, in sport, the sum of two scorelines in a two-legged match
  • Aggregate (rocket family), in rocketry, a set of experimental rocket designs developed in Nazi Germany

See also