Aggregate or aggregates may refer to:

Computing and mathematics

Aggregate (data warehouse) An aggregate is a type of summary used in Dimensional modeling, dimensional models of data warehouses to shorten the time it takes to provide answers to typical queries on large sets of data (computing), data. The reason why aggregates can make su ...

, a part of the dimensional model that is used to speed up query time by summarizing tables * Aggregate analysis, a technique used in

amortized analysis In computer science, amortized analysis is a method for analyzing a given algorithm's complexity, or how much of a resource, especially time or memory, it takes to execute. The motivation for amortized analysis is that looking at the worst-case ...

in computer science, especially in analysis of algorithms * Aggregate class, a type of class supported by C++ *

Aggregate data Aggregate data is high-level data which is acquired by combining individual-level data. For instance, the output of an industry is an aggregate of the firms’ individual outputs within that industry. Aggregate data are applied in statistics, d ...

, in statistics, data combined from several measurements *

Aggregate function In database management, an aggregate function or aggregation function is a function where multiple values are processed together to form a single summary statistic. Common aggregate functions include: * Average (i.e., arithmetic mean) * Count ...

, aggregation function, in database management is a function wherein the values of multiple rows are grouped together to form a single summary value * Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol (ALSP), a protocol and supporting software that enables simulations to interoperate with one another * Aggregate root, a concept in the Domain-driven Design software development process * Aggregate Server Access Protocol, used by the Reliable server pooling (RSerPool) framework * Aggregate throughput, total throughput measured over all links and in all directions in a communication network

Economics

Aggregate demand In economics, aggregate demand (AD) or domestic final demand (DFD) is the total demand for final goods and services in an economy at a given time. It is often called effective demand, though at other times this term is distinguished. This is the ...

, the total demand for final goods and services during a specific time period in an economy * Aggregate income, the total of all incomes in an economy without adjustments for inflation, taxation, or types of double counting *

Aggregate expenditure Aggregate or aggregates may refer to: Computing and mathematics * Aggregate (data warehouse), a part of the dimensional model that is used to speed up query time by summarizing tables * Aggregate analysis, a technique used in amortized analysis ...

, a measure of national income * 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 *

Aggregate supply In economics, aggregate supply (AS) or domestic final supply (DFS) is the total supply of goods and services that firms in a national economy plan on selling during a specific time period. It is the total amount of goods and services that firms ...

, the total supply of goods and services produced during a specific time period in an economy

Religion

* Aggregate (Sanskrit,

skandha ' (Sanskrit) or (Pāḷi) means "heaps, aggregates, collections, groupings, clusters". In Buddhism, it refers to the five aggregates of clinging (), the five material and mental factors that take part in the perpetual process of craving, cli ...

; Pāli, khandha), in Buddhism, a category of sensory experiences * Aggregates, in some Christian churches, are combinations of groupings of multiples of canonical hours (i.e., offices) that form a single religious service

Science

Biology

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

species complex In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

Materials science

Aggregate (composite) Aggregate is the component of a composite material that resists compressive stress and provides bulk to the material. For efficient filling, aggregate should be much smaller than the finished item, but have a wide variety of sizes. Aggregates ...

, in materials science, a component of a composite material that resists compressive stress *

Construction aggregate Construction aggregate, or simply aggregate, is a broad category of coarse- to medium-grained particulate material used in construction. Traditionally, it includes natural materials such as sand, gravel, crushed stone. As with other types of ag ...

, materials used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, or recycled crushed concrete

Other uses in science

Aggregate (geology) In the Earth sciences, aggregate has three possible meanings. In mineralogy Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical mineralogy, optical) ...

, a mass of crystals, rock particles, or soil particles *

Aggregate (rocket family) The ''Aggregat'' series (German for "Aggregate") was a set of ballistic missile designs developed in 1933–1945 by a research program of Nazi Germany's Army (German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer''). Its greatest success was the A4, more common ...

, in rocketry, a set of experimental rocket designs developed in Nazi Germany

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Aggregate, in music, is a set of all twelve pitch classes, also known as the total chromatic * ''

The Aggregate ''The Aggregate'' is a live album by the Rova Saxophone Quartet and Anthony Braxton recorded in California in 1986 and 1988 for the Sound Aspects label.

'', a 1988 album by Anthony Braxton and the Rova saxophone Quartet

Other uses

* Aggregate, in the social sciences, a gathering of people into a cluster or a crowd that does not form a true

social group In the social sciences, a social group is defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity. Regardless, social groups come in a myriad of sizes and varieties. F ...

Aggregate Industries Aggregate Industries UK Limited, a member of the Holcim Group, is a company based in the United Kingdom with headquarters at Bardon Hill, Coalville, Leicestershire. Aggregate Industries manufactures and supplies a range of heavy building materi ...

, a manufacturer of aggregate materials *

Aggregate score There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly kn ...

, in sport, is the sum of two scorelines in a two-legged match