coalesce

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin coalēscō, from co- + alēscō (“‘grow up’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kəʊ.əˈlɛs/
• (US) IPA: /koʊ.əˈlɛs/
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[edit] Verb

to coalesce (third-person singular simple present coalesces, present participle coalescing, simple past and past participle coalesced)

1. (of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.

   The droplets coalesced into a puddle.

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist, Translation by Lesley Brown, 2,

     ... when a thing's own light and the light from something else coalescing into one on bright and smooth surfaces produce a form which yields a perception reversed from the way a thing normally looks.

2. (of a whole or a unit) To form from different pieces or elements.

   The puddle coalesced from the droplets as they ran together.

[edit] Synonyms

• (to join into a single mass): amalgamate, combine, join, merge, unite

[edit] Related terms

• coalescence

[edit] Translations