Aggregate vs. Ballast

Aggregatenoun

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.

Aggregatenoun

A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

Aggregatenoun

A set collection of objects.

Aggregatenoun

(music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.

Aggregatenoun

(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores

Aggregatenoun

(roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.

Aggregatenoun

Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.

Aggregatenoun

(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.

Aggregateadjective

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.

Aggregateadjective

Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.

Aggregateadjective

Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.

Aggregateadjective

(botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

Aggregateadjective

Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

Aggregateadjective

United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.

Aggregateverb

(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

Aggregateverb

To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.

Aggregateverb

(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.

Aggregateverb

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

Aggregateverb

To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

Aggregateverb

To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

Aggregateadjective

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

Aggregateadjective

Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

Aggregateadjective

Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

Aggregateadjective

Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

Aggregateadjective

United into a common organized mass; - said of certain compound animals.

Aggregatenoun

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

Aggregatenoun

A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; - in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

Aggregatenoun

a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

Aggregatenoun

the whole amount

Aggregateverb

amount in the aggregate to

Aggregateverb

gather in a mass, sum, or whole

Aggregateadjective

gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole;

Aggregateadjective

formed of separate units in a cluster;

Aggregatenoun

a whole formed by combining several separate elements

Aggregatenoun

the total score of a player or team in a fixture comprising more than one game or round

Aggregatenoun

a material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together

Aggregatenoun

pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete and in building

Aggregateadjective

formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total

Aggregateadjective

(of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species.

Aggregateadjective

denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time.

Aggregateverb

form or group into a class or cluster

Aggregateverb

collect (related items of content) so as to display or link to them

Ballastnoun

(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.

Ballastnoun

(figuratively) Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.

Ballastnoun

Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete.

Ballastnoun

(construction) A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.

Ballastnoun

device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)

Ballastnoun

(figurative) That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

Ballastverb

To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.

Ballastverb

To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.

Ballastnoun

Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.

Ballastnoun

Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

Ballastnoun

Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.

Ballastnoun

The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.

Ballastnoun

Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

Ballastverb

To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.

Ballastverb

To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.

Ballastverb

To keep steady; to steady, morally.

Ballastnoun

any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

Ballastnoun

coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

Ballastnoun

an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings

Ballastnoun

a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)

Ballastnoun

an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps

Ballastverb

make steady with a ballast

Ballast

Ballast is material that is used to provide stability to a vehicle or structure. Ballast, other than cargo, may be placed in a vehicle, often a ship or the gondola of a balloon or airship, to provide stability.