consolidation
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See also: Consolidation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cōnsolidātiō, cōnsolidātiōnem, from cōnsolidō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]consolidation (countable and uncountable, plural consolidations)
- The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated
- Synonyms: solidification, combination
- The combination of several actions into one.
- (medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (The act of uniting by combination): defragmentation
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the act or process of consolidating
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the combination of several actions into one
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solidification into a firm dense mass (med.)
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsolidātiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]consolidation f (plural consolidations)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “consolidation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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