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When people gather in the same place at the same time but lack organization or lasting patterns of interaction, they form an aggregate.
An aggregate is a gathering of people into a cluster or a crowd that do not form a true social group. 

When people gather in the same place at the same time but lack organization or lasting patterns or lasting patterns of interaction, they form an aggregate.