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Many things pretending to be one thing, for math's convenience.

means Formed by combining many separate items or amounts into a single total or mass.

from From Latin aggregare, 'to herd together, add to the flock' — built from ad- ('to') plus grex/greg- ('flock, herd'), the same root behind 'congregate' and 'gregarious.' So an aggregate is literally a bunch of things rounded up like sheep and counted as one herd.

origin
latin for herded together, like sheep
economics use
hides inequality behind a single comforting number
gravel meaning
literally crushed rock mix in concrete
danger
averages can erase the extremes that matter
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