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Conurbation

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Word	Definition
urban sprawlnoun	(urban studies) An unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc. on the edge of a city.

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Word	Definition
urban sprawlnoun	(urban studies) An unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc. on the edge of a city.
citynoun	A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
townnoun	A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
habitationnoun	(countable) A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
clusteringnoun	A grouping of a number of similar things.
agglomerationnoun	State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
communitynoun	(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
aggregationnoun	The act of collecting together, of aggregating.
localitynoun	An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
settlementnoun	A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
sinteringnoun	A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point.
conglomerationnoun	That which consists of many previously separate parts.
combineverb	(transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
congestionnoun	The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
conglobulationnoun	The act, or the result of conglobulating
congeriesnoun	A collection or aggregation of disparate items.
manhattanizationnoun	The construction of many tall or densely situated buildings in a city.
conglomeratenoun	(business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.
agglomeratenoun	A collection or mass.
concretionnoun	A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.