consilience

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[edit] Noun

Singular
consilience

Plural
consiliences

consilience (plural consiliences)

  1. (logic) the concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets
  2. Agreement, co-operation or sharing of methods between or convergence or overlap of academic disciplines

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