0 a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products or services are usually very different:
a financial/industrial conglomerate
1 a rock that consists of small, rounded stones that are held together by clay and sand
2 a very large company consisting of several smaller companies or divisions that supply varied products or services
3 a very large business organization consisting of several companies that often sell different types of product or service:
The individual pebbly sand beds within the conglomerates laterally pinch out over several metres and show parallel or low-angle cross-bedding.
The presence of interlayered tuffaceous sediments, conglomerates and carbonate breccias, coupled with the local existence of pillowed lavas, are suggestive of a marine environment.
The conglomerates pass gradually upwards into highly calcareous sediments ranging from phyllite to siltstone and sandstone as well as limestone conglomerates.
Such extra-familial organizations as ' 'guilds' ' (za) were conglomerates of patriarchs, each representing his ie.
Particles of order 10m in size are generally single spheres or conglomerates or lattice silicates.
Grits comprising 3 mm-sized rounded clasts and conglomerates with pebbles up to 5 cm in size are also present.
The way forward was to liberalise the markets dominated by the big conglomerates.
In primary spermatocytes mitochondria aggregated by nuage were found with large vacuoles containing membraneous conglomerates that were obviously excreted by organelles into the cytoplasm.
