consolidation

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

From Latin consolidationem, from consolidare.

Noun

consolidation (plural consolidations)

1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
2. The combination of several actions into one.
3. (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

• (The act of uniting by combination): defragmentation

Translations

The act or process of consolidating

• Bulgarian: укрепване (bg) n (ukrepvane), заздравяване (bg) n (zazdravjavane)
• Czech: konsolidace f
• Finnish: vahvistus, lujittaminen, vahvistaminen (fi), lujitus

• French: consolidation (fr) f
• Hebrew: גיבוש (gibush) m (the act of causing other people or things to consolidate); התגבשות (hitgabshut) f (the act of becoming consolidated)

The combination of several actions into one

• Bulgarian: обединяване n (obedinjavane), обединение (bg) n (obedinenie)

• Finnish: yhdistäminen, yhteensovittaminen

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French

Noun

consolidation f (plural consolidations)

1. consolidation
2. strengthening, reinforcement

Related terms

• consolider