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Definition of Coalescence
1. Noun. The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts.
Generic synonyms: Conjugation, Jointure, Unification, Union, Uniting
Derivative terms: Coalesce, Coalescent, Coalesce, Coalesce, Coalescent, Coalesce, Coalesce, Concrete, Conglutinate
Definition of Coalescence
1. n. The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.
Definition of Coalescence
1. Noun. The act of coalescing. ¹
2. Noun. (phonology) The merging of two segments into one resulting from mutual assimilation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coalescence
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Coalescence
1. Fusion of originally separate parts. Synonym: concrescence. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coalescence
Literary usage of Coalescence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Because the banding is not visible after it, but becomes visible on prolonging
the opportunity for coalescence, either by retarding the cooling or by ..."
2. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"There are two kinds of such union, namely : — coalescence of parts of the ...
coalescence is not rare in leaves, as in the upper pairs of Honeysuckles, Fig. ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"... arose from the general tendency to union and coalescence under a single ruler
which prevailed among most European nations at this period, but to which, ..."
4. Sociological Study of the Bible by Lucy Blanche (Littelton) Masterman, Louis Wallis, William Shakespeare (1912)
"CHAPTER XIII coalescence OF THE RACES The Hebrew nation came into existence under
the house of David, at the point of coalescence between Israelites and ..."
5. A Study of Lapses by Henry Heath Bawden (1900)
"Mr. GF Stout uses the term ' coalescence ' (previously used by Hartley and others) to
... coalescence or overlapping may take either of two typical forms ..."
6. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"coalescence is not rare in leaves, as in the upper pairs of Honeysuckles, Fig.
... 246) shows this coalescence both in calyx and corolla, the five sepals ..."
7. A Text-book of the Diseases of Women by Henry Jacques Garrigues (1897)
"Epithelial coalescence. — During the second half of fetal deve ... It is rare
that the coalescence goes so far as prevent micturition in the new-born child. ..."
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